It’s a bird, it’s a plane. No. No. It’s a step, it’s a table, it’s a toolbox, a laptop storage spot, a boombox, a phone charger, a measuring tool, a workbench, a bottle opener. Aha. It’s a tailgate! Definitely not your grandpa’s tailgate. Someone brilliant took note of what a tailgate can be. Perhaps someone sketched it out on a paper napkin to submit to the bigwigs at the truck factories and voila! Multi-function tailgates. Of course, since the advent …
It was simple curiosity, along with a career in the housing industry, that brought Cassidy Jones and her family to their unusual home. “We actually lived down the street when this house …
Mary Kate Gaines’ first bedroom style makeover occurred when she was in first grade. “My bedroom was my happy place,” she recalls, “and even at a young age I had an opinion …
Some trees are famous enough to be named. There’s the “Keffer Oak,” commanding a section of the Appalachian Trail just east of Route 42 in Newport. Virginia Tech maintains a Big Tree …
“Mystery at the Dinosaur Museum Escape Room” “Essay Writing for High School” “The Magical World of Fungi Part 2” “What’s in Your Brain?” Above are a few of the classes found on …
Born on June 27, 1940, Pulaski native Wallace “Wally” Thrasher had Hollywood good looks and the charisma to match. The blue-eyed bandit stood a sinewy six-foot-two inches tall and was elusive on …
You know the old saw: Some people see the glass half empty and others view it as half full. Such was the case with an old heap of a car with no …
No matter what time of day you crave a cup o’ java, you can find something satisfying in the New River Valley. Max on Main in Pulaski is the newest NRV …
The times they are a-changing. “Back in my day,” as my Mom would say, “kids didn’t go to school at all until we were six years old! We stayed home and played …
To step into their future together, Stu and Rachel Nelson brought a little of the past along to honor their combined local and global heritage. There’s Appalachian folklore about burying a bottle …