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MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener

Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weather patterns. Floods, droughts, wind, temperature extremes, and...

BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment

The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance...

SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings

Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on...

DAWN CUSTALOW: “It’s Not Complicated – Just Love The One In Front of You . . .”

As a nation, we have been in shock and disbelief as we grieve the recent...

SCOTT DREYER: 2024 In Review, “The Year The Fever Broke” (Part 2)

Part 1, for January-July, is here.AUGUSTDemocrats had their convention in Chicago. They took the grotesque,...

Goodlatte Reintroduces Legislation Saying that Judicial Decisions Shouldn’t be Based on Foreign Court Rulings

Congressman Goodlatte reintroduced legislation which says that judicial decisions should not be based on any foreign laws, court decisions, or pronouncements of foreign...

Commentary: Taking Stock in United States Motors

If you are an owner, an investor, a supplier, or an employee of General Motors Corp., I am willing to bet that you...

Recipe from the Happy Chef: Best Ever Blueberry Cobbler & Fresh Lemonade

Memorial Day weekend is here! All the pools are opening, the camping gear is breaking out of its garage storage and hopefully warmer...

Preacher’s Corner: Circumstantial Evidence

I’m no lawyer, but I know circumstantial evidence when I see it, especially when it comes to the circumstances of faith. Simply put,...

Newfoundland Awaits

It’s a six-hour ferry ride from North Sydney to Port-aux-Basque. The schedule is sporadic in the summer, and non-existent the remainder of the year....

Snake Tales: In League Wit Da Debil

I wouldn’t step foot in that pasture again ‘til there’s snow on the ground if I were you” a concerned Floyd County neighbor told...