Home may be where jobs are found

Home may be where jobs are found

by | Jul 17, 2017 | Musings

So much for living in the country. Top tech workers and young professionals want the hustle and bustle of the major metro areas and companies are leaving small towns to go to where the workers are found. Writes Jonathan O’Connell in Sunday’s Washington...
An unemployed press cannot do its job

An unemployed press cannot do its job

by | Nov 16, 2015 | Musings

Sadness and time for reflection this weekend.  Two more of my longtime friends lost their jobs in newspapers. Both came to work at their papers Friday morning to computer-generated notices telling them to turn in their photo equipment and ID cards at the end of the...
Jobs, dollars promised by pipeline partners

Jobs, dollars promised by pipeline partners

by | Dec 12, 2014 | Musings, News

The partners for the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline that was originally scheduled to run through Floyd County but shifted to nearby Roanoke County claims millions of dollars in tax and other economic benefits along with thousands of jobs. The pipeline would run...