Five years ago, as Frank & Sally Walker worked to open their new coffee shop, Cafe del Sol, I asked them a question. “What,” I wondered, “motivates you to open a ‘gourmet’ coffee shop in a county where coffee is measured by thickness, not taste?” “We’re hoping to change that,” Sally said. For a while, [...]

The National Weather Service is predicting some snow for the area Tuesday and Wednesday. How much? Ah, that’s the question. The latest estimate from the NWS pros predicts 1-2 inches. Roanoke Times weather geek Kevin Myatt, who’s record of accuracy beats the pros, thinks it will be more like 2-4 inches. The Farmer’s Almanac, which [...]

The legendary career of Floyd County High School basketball coach Alan Cantrell ended with a stunning loss to Glenvar — a team his Lady Buffaloes beat handily twice in the regular season — 46-40 Friday night in the Region C Division 2 semifinals at Northwood High School in Saltville Friday night. The Lady Buffs scored [...]

High winds sent drifting snow over previously-clear Floyd County roads again today, closing schools again and plunging wind chills into single digits. Our wind meter clocked one gust last night at 61 miles per hour. The 1-2 inches of snow that fell Wednesday piled up in drifts Thursday and early today. Our driveway is covered [...]

Cafe del Sol will not reopen as planned on Monday, March 1. And a date for just when — or if — the popular Floyd coffee shop, which closed for the month of February, will reopen is not certain, according to owner Sally Walker. “We’ve had, shall we say, some glitches,” Walker told us Thursday. [...]