Copper Hill News

More 'Have you heard?' Archive 'Have you heard?' index Christine Straub consistently serves as a team player and mentor as a registered nurse in labor and delivery services at Bedford Memorial Hospital.

July 4, 2008 Floyd County farm has provided haven for kids for 20 years Peter Lewis fell in love with the landscape at Apple Ridge more than 30 years ago and now it's something he loves to share.

Sylvia Waters, a licensed practical nurse and Floyd resident, restocks a cabinet with sterile suture sets in a Floyd Community Health Center examination room.

“When I started in 1978, the most technology we had was the telephone.(Now) everything has become computerized. Automation has really taken over the last few years.”

When William L. "Billy" Mullins started his career with the postal service, he was out on the mail route, as a substitute rural carrier. via WSLS

“In the fall and until Christmas, there's so much going on, then it's just like everything dies”

The black wood-and-coal-burning stove not only sheds warmth. It also welcomes memories. via Roanoke Times

Spring is coming, and with warm weather comes great things to do with the little ones. via Roanoke Times

“I get to do forestry every day, but I don't get to play my original songs every day in front of a crowd”

Eco Jam '08 benefit concert When: 7 p.m. Saturday What: The concert will feature the Single Tree Band, the Wiebe Family Band, AAR Punk, and the Ridgewind Band with special guest Michael Kovick. via New River Valley Current

A melting finger of ice begins to turn into water as temperatures rise after the ice storm that moved through the area in the early hours of Friday. via Blue Ridge Muse

COPPER HILL - Sarah Viola Gregory Cox, 90, of Raphine died peacefully in her sleep Dec. via Staunton News Leader