WEB FEATURES
The latest news outside of the pages of Cooperative Living.
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Not Just a Fruitcake
“The boys were doubtful, but they ate it,” recalls 82-year-old Judy Heflin, of Warrenton, Va., with a laugh.
She’s referring to when her three sons first tasted a fruitcake Heflin made from a recipe she discovered within the pages of a 1987 issue of Rural Living magazine, which is now called Cooperative Living.
Get Smart About School Bus Safety
August 2024 story courtesy of Family Features Every day, 1.3 million children ride to school in 22,000 propane school buses across the country, making school bus safety a matter that affects thousands upon thousands of families. One important facet of safe student...
Foremen Have an Outsized Role in Building a Culture of Safety Among Crews
August 2024 by Victoria A. Rocha, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association During a recent safety meeting, Corn Belt Energy’s Daren Deverman asked the group of apprentices and journeyman linemen at his co-op what qualities a good foreman should have. The...
Facebook Live Event: Our Way of Saying Thank You!
The 2023 Cooperative Living magazine Facebook Live Event — “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree!” — took place on Dec. 12 at 6 p.m.
Northern Va. commuter ferry unlikely to launch any time soon — but there’s still interest
Virginia’s smaller, more rural network of electric service providers is the latest group to test the waters of long-duration battery storage as it awaits an infusion of funds from the federal government.
Virginia Tech student travels country as FFA president
In 2022, Andrew Seibel was selected as president of the National Future Farmers of America. His responsibilities include international and domestic travel, leading conferences and visiting fellow FFA members.
Celebration features return of festival, frying pan
People lined up for chicken dinners cooked by the Salisbury Lions Club the entire day, sometimes stretching across the festival area. The club cooked chicken on a 5-foot pan this year.
As winter nears, producers ponder Virginia hay supply
Virginia livestock producers are wondering if the state’s hay supply will meet their needs this winter.
Virginia Tech’s Marr wins ‘genius grant’
On Oct. 4, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that Marr had won a fellowship popularly known as a “genius grant.”