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For the first time in my 31 years as a recovering alcoholic, I missed a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous to celebrate another ...
Eric Branscom as he keynote speaker at he Floyd County Drug Court Graduation this week. In the Floyd County Republican “canvas,” instead of a standard primary, the county race with a contested race is ...
Kaiden Swortzel; fires for the score in an earlier win this season. (Photos by Doug Thompson) AJ Cantrell fires from the three-point line. The Lady Buffaloes won the Virginia High School League Region ...
These numbers are from the Virginia Department of Health. Please note that VDH Thursday discontinued its chart that listed new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths and dropped the hospitalizations from ...
In March, 1969, a long drive from Roanoke to an industrial town on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis brought me to my second daily newspaper job. The Alton Telegraph, ...
Power Direct, the telemarketing company behind Data Knight 365, the shadowy firm that announced last week it would spend more than $20 million to build a "world class data center" in Floyd's ...
This week would have been FloydFest 2023 but the annual event, planned for its new location just off U.S. 221 near Check was canceled because of purported threats to an endangered species and ...
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Kiley Hilton (left) and Carly Thompson fight for the rebound. Destiny Harman of the Lady Buffaloes led the scoring with 20 points. After dominating wins in early tournament play in Class C2 regionals, ...
A lot of Floyd County residents found themselves without access to needed prescription medications because the pharmacy at CVS on Main Street in the town is closed for a third straight day, citing a ...
These numbers cover the weekend reports by the Virginia Department of Health for the period from 5 p.m. Friday through 5 p.m. Sunday. Virginia: Infections: 1,639,942 ...
Enthusiastic fans cheer their Buffs. For much of the quarter-final match of state basketball play Tuesday night at Floyd County High School, the tough Virginia Hight Bearcats controlled the game with ...