Several weeks ago we began talking with two legends of Motor Racing Network announcers. If you listed to MRN from 1980s through early 2000s yo…
In the quiet countryside of Bat Harbor between the old log church and the new church, I got a chance to talk with two legends of NASCAR broadc…
You can almost hear the dual exhausts from Junior Johnson’s Ford coupe echo through the hot June nights along the Hooper Highway even after 70 years.
Spring arrived Thursday and must have helped push the temperature to about 80 degrees for our hometown, but the warm trend took the sidelines …
Spring is just two days after St. Patrick’s Day, reminding us of the season’s greening, and we feel spring already in the air with temperature…
The cold end of February will stretch out longer than usual for our hometown with an additional day referred to as Leap Day 2020, because of t…
Snow made believers out of the weather reports warning that this might happen on Thursday, when the early flakes mixed with slow rain continue…
Rains tapered off finally last Thursday to give Hometown folks a dryer weekend to begin accompanying loved ones and friends for Valentine’s Da…
The Pigeon River flexed its flowing brown ripped face terrorizing the embankments in Newport late Thursday afternoon in our hometown after hou…
January weather ended with a mild few days after spine-gripping cold as our hometown enters the last full month of winter with February, which…
Cold weather finally made January seem like winters past, when the temperature in our hometown fell into the upper teens and lower in the hoar…
Weekend rains were expected to usher in much colder weather for our hometown, as January trudges to its long end but the icy news about Conagr…
After some cold and threatening weather blowing us into 2020, the sunshine about our hometown is sure to warm the mountains and hollows this w…
The New Year 2020 arrived with some cold brisk weather to motivate us after the holidays in our hometown with school back in session and the a…
Sunshine passed over Christmas and carried us warmly into the weekend before more rain threatened our hometown—perched days away from the New …
At the end of this week the first day of winter is here, though with the snow and ice of last week our hometown felt what could have been the …
Except for some gusty days, the recent December weather for our hometown has favored those who have to work outdoors to make a living. I visit…
Fierce Wednesday winds last week in our hometown forced tens of thousands of loose leaves to flee across parking lots, on highways, and sidewa…
Workers took advantage of a warm week of afternoons with little rain, for our hometown, to complete the shingled roof for the Kickliter buildi…
You can thank the early fogs in August for bringing in an early snowfall and bone chilling weather last week for our hometown that is seeing t…
Grayer skies with hints of rain because of a cold front threatening these mountains greeted our hometown where folks will be turning up the he…
Weather forecasters promised rain and there was plenty of it arriving last Thursday afternoon at the tip of a cold front that sent temperature…
Shining Sumac reds contrasted against Tulip Poplar pale yellows have suddenly appeared after some showers and much cooler mornings for our hom…
By 11 a.m. last Thursday the temperature had bounced up from about 39 degrees to near 50 degrees in our hometown with reports of light frost a…
Crisp air, football well underway, and thoughts of Thanksgiving all channel our hometown thoughts to the way things used to be and today that …
Sunday is supposed to begin a trend of cooler weather after rain for our parched hometown where the current 90s fall to the low 70s by Monday,…
Lonely raindrops, they finally started arriving late Thursday to dampen the blanket of loose leaves about our hometown while weather forecaste…
A few rain drops splash danced off dry pavement or knocked the stubbornly dead leaves off trees around our hometown but gave only slight relie…