Columns
OPINION – Planning Commission’s reasoning is laughable
There are plenty of arguments to be made for or against solar projects, but Lunenburg County’s Planning Commission used none of those against the proposed ...
Roger Watson, Author at Kenbridge Victoria Dispatch
Opinion
Central High band marches in Farmville parade
The sound of drums coming down Main Street in Farmville provided a change in tone from the sirens of dozens of fire trucks as the ...
by Roger Watson, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:44 pm
Columns
OPINION — Virginia transforms quickly to a progressive state
Even the most ardent opponents of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration must have some amount of respect for the magnitude of change that has been ...
by Roger Watson, Thursday, April 15, 2021 12:33 pm
College
Inge signs with VMI
Kenston Forest School senior, Thomas Inge, signed a letter of intent March 23 with Virginia Military Institute to continue his football career. Thomas, the son of Tom Inge ...
by Roger Watson, Thursday, April 8, 2021 1:19 pm
Columns
COLUMN – Good should work for results, stop playing political games
Fifth District Congressman Bob Good was one of only 12 members of the House (all Republicans) who voted against a resolution Wednesday, March 17, to ...
by Roger Watson, Friday, March 26, 2021 2:21 pm
Columns
COLUMN — Starlink could bring broadband access to Lunenburg
The problem of Lunenburg County’s lack of access to high-speed internet may be being solved just west of here in Wise County. Titus Mohler’s story ...
by Roger Watson, Wednesday, March 10, 2021 3:29 pm
DEVELOPING NEWS
Outage number is down to 609
After 11 days of widespread power outages over Southside Electric Cooperative’s (SEC) 18-county area, the coop’s online outage map is showing signs the crisis will ...
by Roger Watson, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 8:09 am
DEVELOPING NEWS
800 had power restored Monday; 1,512 remain out
The slow work of restoring power to Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) customers continued with more than 900 workers in the field Monday as the coop ...
by Roger Watson, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 8:22 am
DEVELOPING NEWS
More than 2,300 remain without power
More than 4,000 Southside Electric Cooperative customers (SEC) had their power restored Friday. The company brought in more crews to help repair infrastructure damaged by ...
by Roger Watson, Monday, February 22, 2021 8:37 am
DEVELOPING NEWS
SEC brings in more crews; outage number down to 2,660
Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) said it has made significant progress over the past 24 hours restoring power to more than 1,000 homes, but the cooperative ...