Jonesville, Virginia–Powell Valley National Bank (PVB, Bank) is pleased to announce the promotion of Ted Fields to Executive Vice President. Fields joined Powell Valley National Bank’s Kingsport office in July 2018 as Senior Vice President and Market Executive. “Ted’s experience, expertise, dedication, and customer and client focused approach are of tremendous value to our bank,”… Read more »
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Letters From Leton: Do you know where I can find a…?
If your weekends are like mine, the little things that happen during the week accumulate and are addressed on the weekend. The spring and summer seem to bring more of these projects on as the accumulation period has not just been a week but an entire season (winter). Often the project will involve the need… Read more »
Letters From Leton: Where are you headed, son?
It was a late Friday night and my mom had allowed me to stay up to watch an NBA Playoff game from out west – a rare gift in the days before ESPN. My dad worked the evening shift in the mines and was due home at any moment. Then 15 minutes passed – no… Read more »
Letters From Leton: North by Northeast
All my life I have been fascinated by Compasses. The magnetic needle pointing true north. As a young lad traversing the mountains with my cousins, we would venture far. Yet we were not frightened or concerned as we used the sun as our compass to make it home safely. Per usual, a venture always turned into… Read more »
What is FedNow?
By Spencer Tierney There’s a new payment service coming to the financial industry this year. The Federal Reserve will offer instant payments that can be sent anytime. Still, unlike consumer-facing transfer services such as Venmo or Zelle, the service’s availability will depend on whether your bank opts in. Let’s break it down. What is FedNow?FedNow is… Read more »
Letters From Leton: A Proud Poppa!
Undoubtedly somewhere along the line a family member, young person, or friend has done something that made you proud of them. A question I have for you is did you take a moment to tell them that you were proud of them? It seems like we live in a world of criticism – a world… Read more »
Letters From Leton: Plastics!
In the classic movie, The Graduate, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) plays a recent college graduate who is struggling to find his calling for his career. This week, you will likely have family or friends who will become graduates themselves and I suspect many of them will face the same challenge as Benjamin. During the spring,… Read more »
Letters From Leton: Do Unto Others
The crossword clue asked about a theme for this time of year. After a few seconds and having determined the first letter was “U”, I filled in the word “Unto” (for – “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”). It worked! Unto – A rather simple word and not a word… Read more »
Letters From Leton: Stuck Over a Barrel
Having not taken a true vacation in a while, one week in February my wife and I traveled South. On the first day of our travels, we stopped for supper at a restaurant. The hostess said it would be thirty minutes and took our cell number to alert us when our table was ready. Thirty… Read more »
Letters From Leton: March Madness!
March is a crazy month in the mountains. On one hand, you can have 70-degree days with flowers and trees in bloom. On the other hand, you can have massive snowstorms – the March 1993 storm left 36 inches on the ground! It is also the month for the NCAA Basketball Tournament known and promoted… Read more »