March arrives like a lamb
If March comes in like a lamb, the old saying goes, it will go out like a lion.
The third month of 2017 arrived damp...
Two events shared common concern
Two events in Floyd this weekend shared a central concern: A focused assault on freedoms that are supposed to be guaranteed in the Constitution's...
How a new bank name evolved
The new logo of Skyline National Bank, now the name of the combined forces of Bank of Floyd and Grayson National Bank, was designed...
Bank of Floyd is now Skyline National
Skyline National Bank is now the new name of the merged Bank of Floyd and Grayson National Bank, which combined forces last year.
Employees of both banks learned of the new moniker Thursday night at a dinner in Wytheville.
Letters went out Friday to customers and shareholders of the new entity. Promotional materials should appear by the beginning of both banks and branches next week.
Weather: Downed trees, power outages
The National Weather Service for Blacksburg/Roanoke originally forecast an ultra-frigid Thursday with a high of 18 or so with overnight lows down close to zero.
But the thermometer showed 32 on our back porch at 7 a.m. and while it will drop some along with the blustery wind, it is now not expected to go much lower during the daylight hours and should hover around the freezing mark until late afternoon when it starts a downward trend into the high teens overnight before climbing back up into the 40s by Friday afternoon, then 61 on Saturday and 68 on Sunday.
Too much hate, too much anger
Alan Graf, who started writing a column on current issues for The Floyd Press this year, found himself victim a target of those who...
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In a daily newspaper city room in the 1960s, the noise of teletype machines provided a background clatter interrupted by clanging bells when a...
New Year and shutting down
Department store closings, a big part of changes in buying by consumers, hit stores where Amy and I used to shop.
Embattled retailer Macy's took...
At least the coffee is still good
As I watched my first pot of coffee drop into the pot from our trusty (and now considered ancient) Bunn coffee maker at 0530...
Rain, then freezing rain and possibly snow
A brief respite from the arctic freeze that gripped the area over the weekend with temperatures into the 40s Monday and a high of...