As families spend more time at pools, lakes and rivers this summer, instructors at the Botetourt Family YMCA are encouraging parents to prioritise swim lessons and water safety to help prevent drowning accidents.

This new facility is designed for all ages, featuring five dumping buckets, a mushroom fountain, a 14-foot water slide, and plenty of seating.

Star wrestler Parker Ferrell earns the 100th Kip Nininger Scholarship.

It's just meA lot of people feel overwhelmed trying to make changes that help the planet. "We use a lot of energy to produce food and then we just throw that energy away if we're just tossing it," she said. When it comes to beef "all the energy used to produce food to feed cows" is part of the problem, Swim said. By the time you've gotten home you've worked through some things," Swim said. Heating and cooling your home, other appliancesThink about lowering your thermostat a couple of degrees so you're using less energy.