If you need to transport a dozen or so people regularly or you need a cleverly outfitted work vehicle, or you make deliveries of medium and large things or you want a mobile tool box or you crave taking to the open highway like a turtle – with your home on your back – then the Ford Transit cargo van might be your new set of wheels. Interestingly, this Ford model was conceived, manufactured and sold with great success in …
Eats Natural Foods is a success story, not only because of one man’s dedication across 50 years, joined by his wife more than half that time, but also for the dedication of …
The neckline of the bride’s dress is one of the most prominent visual features, as the human eye is naturally drawn from one’s head and face to the shoulder and upper chest …
People who love what they do at work, often do the same thing at play. It’s the classic busman’s holiday, i.e., where the bus driver goes on a bus tour for vacation. …
It’s not often that a substandard fencing job spawns the name of an imaginary farm for the name of a real truck. I was finishing up the restoration of this 1946 pick-up …
With over 20 kinds of nuts around the world, should squirrels and bears be the only ones enjoying them? Surely with opposable thumbs, humans could figure it out. And alas, the nutcracker …
It’s hard not to think of Christiansburg as New River Valley’s retail headquarters. Home to Uptown Christiansburg (or ‘the mall’), the perpetually-under-renovation Marketplace, Target, Walmart and sundry flanking strip malls, we are …
Dolly Parton, the most honored female country performer of all time, has influenced and inspired people all over the world and here in the New River Valley. Tammy Osborne, owner and founder …
When the pandemic hit, a lot of people started turning to different hobbies that they may not have normally chosen. YouTube, for many, was the teacher. For 15-year-old Emily Diggs, it sparked …
Even though the Hokies used to enter the field after the theme from 2001: Space Odyssey was played, their new walk-out ritual is right up there with putting a man on the …