![Floyd’s evolving restaurant scene]()
by Doug Thompson | Jul 9, 2017 | Musings, News
A notice on Facebook last week said the operators of the former Hardware Bar and Grill in Hlllsville, closed after a fire, are planning to open a new eatery over the Harvest Moon in Floyd. “We are pleased to announce…we will be opening our new...
![Change and the Floyd County way]()
by Doug Thompson | Jun 28, 2017 | Musings, News
A lot of anger over change circulates among us nowadays. We saw much of it on social media recently over a new Dollar General store near Check at the intersection of U.S. 221 and Daniels Run and the purchase of Floyd Pharmacy by CVS. Lots of predictions of...
by Doug Thompson | Jun 23, 2017 | Musings, News
Employees of The Floyd Pharmacy spent much of this week packing things that will no longer be sold when the building reopens Monday as a CVS chain drug store. The building that housed the Pharmacy was a Piggly Wiggly back in the 1960s. On Monday, it opens as a...
![Street Music on a Friday Night]()
by Doug Thompson | Apr 29, 2017 | Musings, News
A warm Friday night heading into the last weekend of May 2017 brought street music out in force for Floyd.
by Doug Thompson | Apr 23, 2017 | Musings, News
Had a chance to sit down with Justin Coleman, who is running for the Indian Valley Supervisor seat where longtime board member Fred Gerald is retiring. I filmed Justin’s comments, without editing, to let him tell his story and reasons for seeking office in our...
![Open wars against a free press]()
by Doug Thompson | Apr 3, 2017 | Musings, News
At a time when the President of the United States has declared all-out war against the press, a newspaper publisher in Juarez, Mexico, announced he was shutting down his newspaper because of an increase of killings of journalists in that country. “Everything in...
