AMATEUR RADIO ‘FIELD DAY’—Members of the Bristol Amateur Radio Club (VA/TN) and the Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (Smyth and Washington Counties, VA) will be participating in the national amateur radio Field Day exercise, Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at White Top...
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KATY CLUNE Virginia Folklife Rain kept the six Clydesdales tucked inside their 53-foot trailer, but the team from Bart Long & Associates, Realty and Auction were still a main attraction at the soggy Memorial Day parade in Marion. Before the gleaming red trailer took its parade position, staff invited spectators...
PARIS — To Brian Yutko, a top engineer at Boeing, now CEO of its air taxi subsidiary Wisk, the invention his team has produced is more than just a cool flying car. Boeing wants aspects of the cutting-edge technologies that allow its taxis to fly autonomously to make it onto...
Aaron Anderson, left, and Al Walker stand on the Jim Barclay Memorial Handicap Accessible Fishing Platform, which is located right along the shore of Sunset Park on County Road A. As he was dying, Barclay wished he could have gone down there to fish one final time. Seid Husic photo...
The following is a list of more real estate parcels valued at $150,000 or more that have been transferred in the past few months in Richmond and surrounding areas. To our readers: Caroline and Louisa listings will not be included until further notice. 406 N 23rd St; Sykes Robert K...
Deb Allen (left) and her kids Isabelle (center) and Jasmine (right) watch the Uncle Sam Jam fireworks show at Oak Lake Park in Lincoln in 2021. Journal Star file photo It’s almost time to pull together all the red, white and blue in your wardrobe for this year’s Fourth of...
A sea of people fill downtown Green Lake last year during the city’s Golden Days Harvest Fest celebration. Green Lake County saw a large increase in tourism last year. Joe Schulz photo Green Lake County saw the second-biggest jump among all counties in Wisconsin from 2021 to 2022 in total...
If you saw a few dozen vintage cars cruising down the highway on Thursday, don’t worry, you didn’t jump back into the 1900s. On Thursday morning, dozens of classic cars and hot rods left the Museum of American Speed in Lincoln at 8:30 a.m. for a 180-mile ride through Southeast...
Talented young musicians from across the world are in Sewanee now through July 16 for the 66th season of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival featuring more than 30 performances of symphonic, chamber and vocal music. Many of the concerts are free. To reserve tickets to one of their paid performances,...
The Tygert Street bridge is closed to pedestrian traffic due to a 3-foot hole, inset, in the bridge and foundation washing out. The Common Council voted last week Tuesday to award a $262,000 bid to Egbert Excavating for the bridge’s removal and the installation of a trail through Horner Park. ...