The Eli Cook Band

“Standing room only,” says the woman that takes my ticket at the table outside of Four County Players, the 35-year-old community theater space just off of Route 33 in Barboursville.

Rainharvesting edges gables in county dispute

There were a lot of babies in attendance at the January 9 Board of Supervisors meeting. Not the figurative babies who sometimes show up to whine and throw temper tantrums. No, these were real babies, the offspring of parents there to support the Pantops Montesorri Community School’s appeal of an Architectural Review Board (ARB) decision. […]

Wise plant: symbol of looming state energy debate?

The proposed Wise County plant has come to symbolize growing debates about the importance of a region’s economic health verses the actual health of its residents, the power of Dominion in state government and the looming battle over the future of public investment for our energy. While Dominion and government officials tout the proposed plant […]

What’s the frequency, Martha? [January 14]

This morning, radio listeners awoke to a brave new world, at least on the 103.5 FM frequency. That’s the NPR station based in Harrisonburg, and from now on it’ll be airing more talk programming during the middle of the day, rather than classical music.

Primary dreams

First off, caveat emptor: The sell-by date on this particular edition of The Odd Dominion is so close, that it may well expire before you reach the end of the first paragraph.