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...
Susan “Sue” Summers Goodson September 27, 1946 – May 03, 2023 Susan “Sue” Summers Goodson was born in Fairbury, Nebraska on September 27, 1946, the oldest of nine children born to Samuel R. and Ruth E. Law Summers of Belvidere, Nebraska. In 1957, the family moved to Alexandria, Nebraska. Sue...
Australia’s oldest fishing shop is closing its doors, bringing an end to 90 years and three generations of trading. Western Australia’s last Bluewater Tackle World branch in Myaree will shut up shop for good in coming weeks, with the business citing new recreational fishing regulations in the state for its...
Brian Lara is the only batsman in the history of cricket to create the record for the highest individual Test score twice. Lara is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings amongst cricketers in the world on several occasions. Lara...
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...
Plans for a visitors centre and cafe at a new arboretum in Soham have been described as “terrific” by councillors. The proposals to convert and extend a former engineering workshop to create the new centre off Eye Hill Drove have been approved by East Cambridgeshire District Council. How the visitors...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives anxious to counter America’s leading economic adversary have set their sights on a top trade priority for labor unions and progressives: cracking down on the deluge of duty-free packages coming in from China. The changing political dynamic could have major ramifications for e-commerce businesses and consumers...
ABINGDON, Va.— Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia officials presented a $1 million check to Virginia Highlands Community College Friday to support construction of its advanced technology and workforce development center. The 20,000-square-foot center, which is under construction on the campus behind the Southwest Virginia Higher Education center, is designed to...
Abcam plc’s board has “unanimously decided to initiate a process to explore strategic alternatives for the company”, up to and including an outright sale. The board of directors has retained Lazard and Morgan Stanley as financial advisors to assist in an open-ended review of strategic alternatives. Latham & Watkins has...