Sent to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Emergency Room Monday after a heart monitor worn for two weeks in May reported a suspected heart blockage. Turned out to be more of an electrical problem between the ...

Alcoholics Anonymous “chip” recognizing 32 years of sobriety. Hello, my name is Doug and I’m alcoholic. As of today, June 6, 2026, I have been sober for exactly 32 years, one day at a time. I took ...

Chance McCoy and his band close out the 2019 season of Floyd’s Small Town Summer concerts. Thursday Small Town Summer events kick off this evening at Lineberry Park Locust Street by the Winter Sun ...

The hope to shoot some video at the jam sessions at The Floyd Country Store fell to my own inability to judge how long it would take to do some the necessary chores around the house. The list is long ...

Rain has been falling for more than a week now and is forecasted to keep us wet, off and on, through Thursday of this week, with a short break for the weekend, and return for most of next week. For ...

Downtown Taipe, capital of Taiwan. In 1983, I was part of a group of Congressional staff members visiting Taiwan off the coast of mainland China. As a chief of staff for a member of Congress, I was ...

Space Shuttle Columbia landing at White Sands, New Mexico. Watching the Artemis II space capsule splash down in the Pacific off the Southern California coast Friday evening after a successful flight ...

As I write this on a Monday morning, my legs are encased in sleeves that run from foot to hip while a pump massages both with 50 pounds of compression each hour. The treatment is part of a daily ...

I admit more then some reluctance to celebrate this year’s Independence Day. Do we have any indepence to honor or celebrate. With a convicted felon, sexual predator and con man in the White House, I ...

Most friends and readers know that I have been dealing with a long list of health problems over the last couple of years with new ones sprouting up just as I seem to get clear of the previous ones. It ...

After taking down Martinvillle in the first round of regional playoff, the Floyd County High School basketball Buffaoes face the tough Dan River Wildcats in the second round on the Alan Cantrell Court ...

Taking the lead from the beginning at a home match against the Blacksburg Bruins, the varsity Buffaloes let my more tthab 20 points by halftime took a 76-51 win on the Alan Cabtrell Court at Floyd ...