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08/11/2025

Every year at this time, our planet barrels through a trail of debris shed by an ancient comet. These tiny pieces of comet fragments, many no larger than a grain of sand, collide with the Earth’s atmosphere at incredible speeds. The resulting friction swiftly vaporizes the debris, creating those bright, fiery flashes we call shooting stars. When we observe a meteor shower from Earth, the streaks of light appear to radiate from a single point in the sky, like spokes from a wheel. Astronomers call this point the radiant. For the Perseids, the radiant lies in the direction of the constellation Perseus....

Every year at this time, our planet barrels through a trail of debris shed by an ancient comet. These tiny pieces of comet fragments, many no larger than a grain of sand, collide with the Earth’s a…

08/08/2025

Ron Kibbey’s Comedy Classic: Hilarious Old Movies & Vintage Cartoons, Introduced by Ron Kibbey.

Tuesday, August 12, 6 PM at the Clark County Public Library (1941)
Wally Benton (Red Skelton), his fiance and a friend are kidnapped by leaders of a cult. Wally is a famous radio detective known as “The Fox” who solves murders on the air. The cult leaders are set to obtain a fortune, but need “The Fox” to devise the perfect murder plot. Popcorn and drinks provided.

08/08/2025

Occasionally you pay a price for being in the woods, especially if you go off trail as I often do. I recently got hammered with chigger bites, especially around my ankles and feet. They are almost microscopic yet pack a wallop of misery. Chiggers are a species of mite in the larval stage. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and under a microscope look sort of like tiny ticks. The adults, which can be seen, feed only on plants and are not a problem for us, except for their laying eggs that make more baby chiggers....

Occasionally you pay a price for being in the woods, especially if you go off trail as I often do. I recently got hammered with chigger bites, especially around my ankles and feet. They are almost …

08/08/2025

Jeff’s Playlist: August 8, 2025

To commemorate the passing of Jerry Garcia, August 9, 1995. This is the Dead’s third album. Released in 1969, it is very quirky and one of my favorites. If you like folk, psychedelic, and rock, giv…

08/07/2025

Every week brings us closer to completion of the High Side project.

08/07/2025

Clark County's long-anticipated and much overdue memorial to local troops killed in action during World War II and the Korean War is nearing completion. But more funding is needed to reach the finish line. In the last couple of weeks, the plaza portion of the memorial site has been essentially completed. The other portions of the park-like site will include granite ground markers for each service member honored, memorial bricks paving the approach, some concrete, and landscaping....

Clark County's long-anticipated and much overdue memorial to local troops killed in action during World War II and the Korean War is nearing completion. But more funding is needed to reach the fini…

08/07/2025

This week's Reel Classics takes us back to a George Lucas film set in 1962—the iconic "American Graffiti." The movie features several "unknown" young actors who would go on to fame, including Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Suzanne Somers, and a very young Mackenzie Phillips....

This week's Reel Classics takes us back to a George Lucas film set in 1962—the iconic "American Graffiti." The movie features several "unknown" young actors who would go on to fame, including Ron H…

08/06/2025

Here's something different for you today, as we find ourselves without any new stories. We ran across this heartwarming story about the creation of the first black character in the wildly popular comic strip Peanuts in 1968. It's an encouraging tale about the strip's creator, Charles Schulz, who responded to the pleas of a reader and who stood up to his boss, risking his successful career as a cartoonist.

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08/06/2025

**Mountain Parkway update**

The Mountain Parkway remains closed Eastbound from I-64 to exit 10 due to an overturned cattle trailer near the 8 mile marker. Trucks are on the way to offload the cattle so that the wrecker service can do their work and cleanup. Please avoid the area. We will update when reopened.

- Chief Thompson

08/05/2025

08/05/2025

Countless lives are saved by having a joint city/county agency providing Advanced Life Support in rural Clark County. Don't rural residents deserve the same level of service as those who dwell in the city?

It was recently brought to light that the county government's finances are in such a sorry state that it will be unable to shoulder its responsibility to adequately finance Emergency Medical Servic…

08/05/2025

In the early 1900s, postcards were the "social media" of the day. Harry Enoch shares some information and examples of antique postcards depicting scenes around town from that era.

The first known picture postcard was created in France in 1870, and initially, the industry grew slowly. The golden age for postcards in the US occurred from about 1905 to 1915, during which about…