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Backstories and Backyards: Frost, Freezes, and Frolics

Backstories and Backyards: Frost, Freezes, and Frolics

"Backstories and Backyards" column looks back into the stories behind everyday objects, connecting each item with the people, places, and events of different eras in Floyd County history. Inspired by an early 1900s ice skate, this month's column uncovers much winter lore.

Rural Reflections: 'Signify'

Rural Reflections: 'Signify'

"Rural Reflections" features the work of local writer and poet Kevin S. Hendrick.

The Book House provides a 'refuge for the curious'

The Book House provides a 'refuge for the curious'

By Sarah Chrosniak You notice it before you reach the porch — the house with a lot of windows, sitting just slightly crooked, as if it once danced and hasn't quite stopped. And in fact, it has danced; it used to be the home of WROF 95.7, an

Fragments from Floyd: 'Walking the Talk in the New Year'

Fragments from Floyd: 'Walking the Talk in the New Year'

Like you, I vacillate between the urge to scream and flail and rant and the urge to assume fetal position and be passively overtaken by the tsunami of unreason, injustice, indifference, and arrogant triumphalism that confronts us with each days' news.

Floyd Times 2025 Highlights: A New Voice for Floyd

Floyd Times 2025 Highlights: A New Voice for Floyd

Floyd's Village: How FISH works to address housing needs

Floyd's Village: How FISH works to address housing needs

According to FISH’s most recent newsletter, volunteer hours have added up to over 1,000 just this year alone.

PHOTOS: Officers enjoy Shop with a Cop 2025

PHOTOS: Officers enjoy Shop with a Cop 2025

To help make Christmas a little brighter this year, Floyd County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) staff and officers hosted its annual Shop with a Cop in Galax on Dec. 19. The department shared photos and a statement on its Facebook page the following day: "We had the privilege