Copper Hill News

As of 8:15 a.m. Friday, the National Weather Service reports that Mountain View Church in Floyd County has measured 2.8 inches of rain in the past 24 hours -- the highest amount for any station in the New River Valley.

A Virginia Tech student's shearing business has made friends of man and beast. Derrick Spangler, the owner of Lord Willin' Shearin', shears an alpaca at Little Catawba Creek Farm.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

OK, I know we have already had a 'photo of the week', but I loved this picture so much I could not wait until next week to share it.