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We have enjoyed some unseasonably warm weather this past month; a very different time from the winter of 1960. Valentine's Day fell on a Wednesday in 1960, and it snowed 22 inches in Patrick County.  For the following three Wednesdays, the area received heavy snowfall. By Wednesday, March 6th, the...

The Crooked Road will host a Youth Music Festival & Competition on Saturday, May 13 at the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace.  There is no admission fee, but donations will be accepted, which will be split between The Crooked Road’s education programming and Junior Appalachian Musicians.  The festival will prominently...

New River Trail State Park The 31 bridges of New River Trail State Park, Virginia’s 57-mile rails-to-trails linear park, will experience closures as a series of repairs are made over the next 18 months. While portions of the trail will be closed intermittently as work takes place, the park remains...

Peanut is a little shy, but she’s extremely sweet and is coming around nicely. She will be a different dog when she is in a home and not in this scary place. She was found in the area of New Point Church and High Point Church. This bruiser is the...

Preacher Cain Lackey. (Courtesy of Andy Doss) At the end of our journey last week, Cain Lackey had just married Hattie Virginia Elgin in 1904. Hattie became the mother to his two daughters, Malissa and Carrie from his first deceased wife, and his daughter and two sons, Ida Belle, James...

This handsome male German Shepherd was found near Surrey Bank, at Woodland Dr. and U.S. 58. His family must be missing him. This pretty female was found on Ararat Highway. She would like to go home. Call the Patrick County Public Animal Shelter (PCPAS) at (276) 694-6259 for more information,...

To help out in the community, a Meadows of Dan group has created quilts for local preschoolers. Members of the Mountain View Piece Makers delivered quilts to Meadows of Dan preschoolers in late January. The Mountain View Piece Makers of the Mountain View Church have been making quilts for youngsters...

More than 80 people attended the Patrick County Master Gardeners’ 14th annual symposium on Saturday March 11. Dr. Patrick McMillan gave an enjoyable presentation on Native Plants and Hummingbirds. Mark your calendar for upcoming Master Gardener events that include: The first Learning Garden workshop of 2023 begins at 10 a.m. on April...

Cain and Hettie Lackey. (Courtesy of Andy Doss) First of all, I would like to thank Andrew Doss, the great-great grandson of Cain Lackey, for all the information provided for this column. When we last visited Lackey, the year was 1893, and he was recently widowed with 4-year-old Malissa and...

This is Dixie, a tricolor hound. She looks sad and confused. Unfortunately, she has a taste for chickens, so she needs a home with no chickens. This handsome male Blue Heeler was found on Dogwood Lane in Patrick Springs. He is a super nice dog, and someone is missing him....