9/11: A time to remember and never forget
Monday, September 11, 2023
A day when this country changed forever and we have never really recovered.
Trump’s massive threat to America
Thursday, August 3, 2023
America is at risk from an out-of-control cancer called Donald John Trump and those who follow him in lockstep stupor. He and they must be stopped.
Remembering Sam Bush, others at FloydFest
Monday, July 24, 2023
FloydFest 2023 fell to a claim of a threat to endangered species and complaints from some area residents. Will it return next year?
Power outages hit Floyd County early Sunday morning
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Appalachian Power reports at least 3,455 customers without power in Floyd County early Sunday morning, with failures starting about 0645 hours. The current estimate to
Watching and covering history as it unfolds
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Although I am retired, I am also still a newspaper reporter and photojournalist who published his first news photo of a clandestine meeting of racists
Is it time to make Daylight Saving Time permanent or scrap it?
Saturday, March 11, 2023
It’s time to “Spring Forward” for the arrival of Daylight Savings Time. Should we just make DST permanent? Some in Congress want to do so.
Why I walked away from GOP criminals and their enablers
Thursday, March 2, 2023
In the early 1980s, I took a sabattical from a career as a newspaperman to work for the Republican party and learn how government really works. What I learned sickens me now, decades later.
Hobbled but still cheering wins by the Buffaloes, Lady Buffs
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
A bacteria found in a crawlspace tried to take one of my legs. No way. That damned bug kept me from photographing the Lady Buffs win over Glenvar in the Regional basketball playoffs Monday night. Sadly, the boys lost to Radford but their semi-final win gave them a spot in the state tournament.
With temperatures falling, the arctic blast is upon us
Friday, December 23, 2022
Power outages, downed limbs and trees are reported in multiple places in Floyd County and other parts of Southwestern Virginia on this Friday morning just two days before Christmas.
Yeah, the weather outside is downright frightful
Thursday, December 22, 2022
The coldest weather yet for this winter season may also be the coldest in years.