2012-11-14

Chamber welcomes new members



Four businesses recently became members of the Letcher County Chamber of Commerce. They are Tim Short Automotive, owned by Tim Short; Bella Home Furnishings, owned by Vicki Fields and Kelvin Eldridge; Sears, owned by Kelvin Eldridge; and Fugate Family Chiropractic, owned by Joshua Bakun and Fairlena Fugate. The Chamber meets at noon on the second Monday of each month at […]

James Fields to have surgery

Big Cowan

Hello everyone! Hope all had a good week. Thank God the election is over. Maybe not everyone got whom they wanted, but we need to pray for our leaders and remember God is in control and will supply our needs. Just about everyone said they prayed for God to put the best man in office, so let’s just accept him […]

Snow damages Virginia Creeper Trail

Jeremiah

Well, Bob, Hunter and I didn’t make it to the Virginia Creeper Trail to ride bikes last Monday after all. We got as far as the Virginia line and called to reserve bikes and learned that the snow from Hurricane Sandy had damaged the trail. The snow had brought down many trees on the trails, and there was still snow […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS



RECAPS – 11/12-16 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — As family and friends gathered for Stephanie’s party, many couldn’t help but wonder if Ridge would attend. Because she was there for him during his recent woes, Bill offered to escort Brooke to the party to be her support system in the event that Ridge appeared. Eric had a few surprises […]

It still means something!



Last of the Cuban Missile Crisis



Fifty years ago, Travis Air Force Base Airlifters moved troops and supplies to Florida for a possible invasion of Cuba in case the crisis about the Soviet missiles in that country turned into a war with the United States. It was a top secret mission and to this date some of the war plans have never been cleared. My printers […]

The way we were

Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years

Nov. 8, 1962 A $60,000 fire damaged the Royal Crown Bottling Co. plant at Ermine. Passing motorists reported the fire at about 6 a.m. The blaze was extinguished two hours later. . Letcher County voters reversed a statewide trend and gave Democrat Wilson Wyatt a majority for U.S. Senator in the general election this week. However, Republican Thruston B. Morton […]

When wife ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy

Car Talk

Dear Tom and Ray: I have a 2000 Mercury Mountaineer with 178,000 miles. I have a wife who also has many miles on her. I love my car, even with all its dents and its worn interior. It runs great and gets 16 mpg. My wife hates it. She says that it drives like a truck (it is a truck) […]

EPA still bears title of enemy





Coal industry officials may consider toning down their “war on coal” rhetoric in the wake of President Obama’s re-election victory, but said they will continue to strongly oppose various administration regulatory initiatives. Regional political leaders said they hold out some hope — although a small one — that the administration might be more open to working with states to ease […]

Polls that make no sense



Here’s a question from a recent national exit poll: “Which is closer to your view? Government should do more. (Or) government is doing too much.” More voters said “too much” than said “not enough.” Political analysts picked up that response and ran with it for days. Has anyone noticed through all this that the question is meaningless? Government should do […]