Thursday, January 16th, 2020
It has become a recognizable whir, one we hear at football games, festivals or walking across a parking lot. The buzz is similar to that of a flying stink bug, if amplified 100 times. But it’s not a stink bug (or a bird or a plane). It’s a drone! And they’re everywhere. A drone, by
Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Love is always a central theme in weddings, but for Brogan Dinger and Nathan Shifflette, it went beyond the love they had for each other to include their families, their community and its economy and the environment....
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Kelly Rowland patiently waits until Nov. 1 to secretly begin listening to Christmas music in her car and pull out her decorations. “The first week of November, I unpack and place the decorations on tables in a...
Monday, November 4th, 2019
As a medical device rep, Jon Coburn traveled all over the United States. “I would visit breweries and eat in awesome restaurants, places where young professionals would hang out. When I wanted to take a physician out...
Monday, November 4th, 2019
When asked if she has ever been to see the storied holiday windows in New York City, self-proclaimed toy lady Paula Bolte beams: “That’s on my bucket list!” Bolte, the owner of Imaginations Toy & Furniture on...
Monday, November 4th, 2019
The path to owning a hair salon wasn’t an obvious one for Kevin Meredith of Meredith’s Salon in Christiansburg. After graduating from Radford High School and dabbling in the “real” working world, Meredith decided to go to...
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Like most serious Christmas decorators, Nancy Wilmina Alexander begins placing out her Christmas collection the day after Thanksgiving. Her daughter, Kay, always comes from North Carolina to assist, and together they lovingly unwrap special ornaments, angels, Santas...
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Most shopping malls across the country parade such a similar line-up of stores that you barely need to go inside to know what you’ll find there. Hallmark? Victoria’s Secret? Bath & Body Works? Check, check and check....
Monday, November 4th, 2019
American muscle cars of the 1960s brought new levels of power and speed to the driving public and are still beloved by many. The classic British roadsters of that era were and are still loved for their...
Monday, November 4th, 2019
The annual U.S. market for the toy industry is $28 billion, so there’s a lot to know about something that seems as elementary as toys. Research shows that learning through play is an important part of children’s...