by Doug Thompson | Nov 3, 2020 | News, Politics
Less than thirty minutes after the polls closed in Virginia, the Associated Press declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner in the presidential race and Warl Warner won re-election as Virginia’s second Democratic Senator.. Notes the AP: Virginia has grown...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 2, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Floyd County added four more cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Sunday’s morning report for the Virginia Department of Health. The county now has a total of 257 cases. Sunday was Nov. 1. On Oct. 1, the count for Floyd County was 206 cases. Infections increased by...
by Doug Thompson | Oct 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, FUBAR, News
As the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic’s infections surpass 9 million cases and more than 90,000 new victims come under its deadly spell in the United States, voters find its threat the most compelling issue as they cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential...
by Doug Thompson | Oct 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, FUBAR, News
The COVID-19 Coronavirus that president Donald Trump, in the final debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden, said was “under control,” hit its highest number of infections Friday since the pandemic that has killed more than 220,000 Americans began....
by Doug Thompson | Oct 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Carilion Clinic, with increasing numbers of COVID-19 Coronavirus cases, went public Tuesday over its concern that too many people in our area are flat-out ignoring masks and other safety regulations and recommendations to prevent the spread of the deadly disease....
by Doug Thompson | Oct 20, 2020 | Coronavirus, Musings, News
Like so much in our pandemic-driven society of late, covering Floyd County Circuit Court is a changed environment with an indefinite hold on jury trials and appearances of jailed defendants via video from their confinement at the New River Valley Regional jail. As I...
