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Autumn Adventure

Autumn Adventure

Six tips for planning a fall road trip September 2024 story courtesy of Family Features Cooler weather provides a perfect opportunity to hop behind the wheel of your vehicle and explore nature, breathtaking scenery and adventures waiting to be discovered both near and...

Apple-solutely Delicious!

Apple-solutely Delicious!

September 2024 Apple Guacamole recipe courtesy of Family Features Ingredients: 3 ripe avocados, halved and pitted ½ cup Vidalia onion, finely chopped ½ cup fresh cilantro, snipped juice of 1 lime bottled hot pepper sauce, to taste 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored...

Breeding Success

Breeding Success

Saving heritage farm animals with an eye to the future September 2024 [gallery order="ASC" title_position="none" main_size="full" tile_size="full" style="random" itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd" columns="1" link="post" size="full" caption="desc-title"...

Offerings You Can’t Refuse

Offerings You Can’t Refuse

Rocky Mount restaurant is a mob scene, in a good way September 2024 [gallery order="ASC" title_position="none" main_size="full" tile_size="full" style="random" itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd" columns="3" link="post" size="large" caption="desc"...

Fair Weather Fun

Fair Weather Fun

Even if you’re facing the holidays without beloved members of your family, there’s still lots to do for the holiday hustle.

It’s State Fair of Virginia Time

It’s State Fair of Virginia Time

Annual event draws 200,000 fairgoers each year September 2024 by Alice Kemp, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation “Where Home Grown Happens” is a fitting theme for the State Fair of Virginia, which celebrates the best of what’s grown, made and raised in the Old Dominion....

Steering Toward the Future

Steering Toward the Future

Preparing the grid for electric vehicles  September 2024 by Jennah Denney, Contributing Columnist Electric vehicles are more than just a trend; many see them as a shift toward a new transportation and energy use era. According to the U.S. Energy Information...

Filling the Gap with History

Filling the Gap with History

Wise County coal museum tells the story of a community September 2024 BIG STONE GAP, TUCKED BETWEEN POWELL MOUNTAIN AND LITTLE STONE MOUNTAIN along the Appalachian Straight in Wise County, Va., is probably best known for a series of books written about it by New York...