AMATEUR RADIO ‘FIELD DAY’—Members of the Bristol Amateur Radio Club (VA/TN) and the Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (Smyth and Washington Counties, VA) will be participating in the national amateur radio Field Day exercise, Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at White Top...
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KATY CLUNE Virginia Folklife Rain kept the six Clydesdales tucked inside their 53-foot trailer, but the team from Bart Long & Associates, Realty and Auction were still a main attraction at the soggy Memorial Day parade in Marion. Before the gleaming red trailer took its parade position, staff invited spectators...
Tellia “Tootie” Anna Weishaar, age 100, of Ripon, WI, passed away on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at Wolverton Glen Assisted Living in Ripon. Tootie was born January 12, 1923 in the family home in the township of Deerfield, WI, the daughter of Wilhelm and Anna (Sauer) Raatz. Tootie worked in...
PARIS — To Brian Yutko, a top engineer at Boeing, now CEO of its air taxi subsidiary Wisk, the invention his team has produced is more than just a cool flying car. Boeing wants aspects of the cutting-edge technologies that allow its taxis to fly autonomously to make it onto...
Hyperlinks to event details at AKconcerts.com and in our weekly newsletter Or read below if you just want to know the time & place. Thursday June 22nd 4 Royle Parkers (Soldotna) – Open Mic w/ Cody Kniceley 8p-12a Alaskan Hotel and Bar (Juneau) – Open Mic 8p-11p Anchorage Town Square...
The following is a list of more real estate parcels valued at $150,000 or more that have been transferred in the past few months in Richmond and surrounding areas. To our readers: Caroline and Louisa listings will not be included until further notice. 406 N 23rd St; Sykes Robert K...
ABINGDON, Va.— Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia officials presented a $1 million check to Virginia Highlands Community College Friday to support construction of its advanced technology and workforce development center. The 20,000-square-foot center, which is under construction on the campus behind the Southwest Virginia Higher Education center, is designed to...
For years, the rough-sawn planks have stood on end in my barn, relics from the mid-1800s decision by my great-great-grandfather to plant maple saplings along a northern Vermont roadway. He was a farmer in Brownington in the “Northeast Kingdom” of Vermont, known as Deacon John Marshall for his role in...
Remember the old spiral fluorescent light bulbs? They were going to be the “solution” to the old incandescent bulbs that are soon to be phased out. Critics claimed the spiral bulbs contained hazardous materials and were going to be difficult to dispose of after their useful life expired. As for...
DOUG AND POLLY WHITE Special correspondents QUESTION: I have a small business. Currently, I have no employees and am working out of my home. However, I am thinking about renting an office and moving my business out of my house. What do you think? ANSWER: We have both worked in...