A publication of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives

Goodnight, John-Boy

Goodnight, John-Boy

Walton’s Mountain Museum recreates beloved television show October 2025 by Gregg MacDonald, Staff Writer In the Piedmont region foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge...

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A Rural Fourth

A Rural Fourth

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

Taking a Challenge by the Horns

Taking a Challenge by the Horns

Maryland woman educates as Ms. Agvocate USA July 2024 by Sean Clougherty, Delmarva Farmer Growing up on a farm in a predominantly suburban part of Anne Arundel County, Md., Lindsey Jacobs often got many questions from the public when showing her Hereford beef cattle....

A Showcase of Safety and Skill

A Showcase of Safety and Skill

Lineworker rodeo promotes camaraderie, development, peace of mind July 2024 by Jim Robertson, Staff Writer A lineman receives a phone call on a stormy night. The power is out. The kids are asleep. His wife nervously smiles as she tells him goodbye and to be safe. She,...

Not Our First Rodeo

Not Our First Rodeo

July 2024 We are now fully into the summer season, and what better way to kick it off than with our Fourth of July holiday, a significant event that commemorates the establishment of our great country. This holiday holds a special place in our hearts, not only for its...

Va. Tech student working to open equine center for hearing-impaired

Va. Tech student working to open equine center for hearing-impaired

June 2024 BLACKSBURG, Va. — Seneca Johnston has known precisely what she’s wanted to do since she hopped on a horse at 8 years old. Like most children, she didn’t initially want to go to camp. She wasn’t the most outgoing at that age. But the horses calmed her. “I was...

Fat is back: Why dairy farmers are curdling more cheese

Fat is back: Why dairy farmers are curdling more cheese

June 2024 by Joshua Banner, Capital News Service For generations, members of the Shank and Creek families, the owners of Palmyra Farms in Hagerstown, Maryland, approached dairy farming the same way: they milked the cows and sold the milk to a cooperative that...

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