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In yesterday’s runoff election (to fill the seat left vacant by David Ralston’s death), Johnny Chastain received 4,556 votes (52.76%) to Sheree Ralston’s 4,080 votes (47.24%). Total votes cast were 8,636. This is a somewhat surprising result, given the Governor … Continue reading →

The temperature is just over the freeze. We had a few flurries of grapple starting at 8:30 AM. It doesn’t look like it will amount to much, at least here, but it was enough to make the deck slick. Given … Continue reading →

We got about two and a half inches of rain yesterday and last night. Last night, a number of thunderstorms passed through, but yesterday afternoon about 3:00, we had an extremely strong thunderstorm that dropped torrential rain. It blew very … Continue reading →

We had a little more snow last night. It was still just a dusting, but heavier than yesterday. Porch temperature is -1. Wind chill is forecast to be -13 and the high is forecast to be 20. The snow surprised … Continue reading →

Update: At 8:20 AM, the snow seems to have ended where we are, about two miles southeast of Mineral Bluff. The forecast high today is 8, and the forecast low tonight is 1. It’s been some time since it’s been … Continue reading →

Early voting begins Monday, and runs for one week, unless the county approves a Saturday voting day. As far as I know, the county has not – or not yet – approved a Saturday voting day. All early voting is … Continue reading →