Consider the odds

First of all, let me be clear, I’m fully vaccinated. I got both doses of the Moderna vaccine as soon as I could and I was losing patience at the time I had to wait. My wife got her vaccine before I got mine and I was glad she did. To me, the decision was…

A dire shortage of people willing to work

Saturday morning I had to go to Roanoke for an MRI on my back. I plugged the address in my GPS, set the cruise control at the speed limit, and sipped my coffee as I headed up the road. Pre-covid I used to go out and eat breakfast every once in a while and one…

Appalachian Power’s technical shortfall is shocking

First of all, my wife and I live in the city and we obviously have city power at home. The WHEE studios uptown are in the city and so I have city power there also. But the transmitter site for WHEE is on Appalachian Drive (the road named after Appalachian Power) in the county and…