Opinion : How to Get Breaking (Bad or Good) News Quickly

When there is important news in Vinton, we keep you in touch with the neighbors and the officials in town.

The first time we realized how important Vinton Today was, was when we were just starting our second year.

Remember the windstorm that leveled most of the trees in town?

We really thought that no one would be reading the website, and boy, were we ever wrong! We set our record for the number of hits to the site in a day, week, month...all with no power in Vinton!

A couple of years ago, there was a call on a Saturday morning that we needed to get word out about a boil order in town. That was at 11 a.m. and we had the story on in 5 minutes, and posted an alert on our Facebook page so that you would all get the message ASAP.

With Vinton Today, you don't have to wait until Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday...(Sorry, channeled the Godfather there for a minute) to get your news, or especially a week from Friday, we update the site almost 24/7...and ESPECIALLY when something like this happens, we are on call.

As soon as we know, YOU will know!

Now, if you DON'T follow us on Facebook, you'll have to wait until the neighbor tells you about the latest news, so be sure to find us and "like" us to get updates, ESPECIALLY on the weekends!

So here's to you, and here's to hoping you don't NEED us on a weekend again for a long time!