 On Thursday, August 24th, the Appalachian Wireless Arena appointed a new general manager. Former director of operations Larry Miller will now be taking on the role. With nearly 10 years of experience working at the arena, Miller is confident in his ability to provide the community with quality entertainment. Yeah, when Mr. Bowles left, I became the interim, and I've been the interim for the past month and a half. The city made the decision yesterday to fully promote me to the general manager position. And very thrilled, very thankful to the mayor and to the commissioners for that. It's a great opportunity. Been here for a while since 2014, started off as the operations manager, then the director of operations, and then the assistant general manager. So it's been a long ride here. Are you ready for a new school year? What better way to start a new school year upright than with a new device on the network that keeps our students and teachers connected Appalachian Wireless. Whether you need a new smartphone, wearable or an iPad, we have your back to school solution. Visit AppalachianWireless.com or go into one of our 26 retail locations for our back to school deals that will help you show up and show out this school year. We are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Miller comments on being more involved with the community through future events and charities. More big events and gatherings will be added soon. Actually surprisingly well for what I was expecting and I think we're going to do a whole lot more community involvement, help with more charities. This building was built for the community and the whole of Appalachia, Kentucky. The future of the arena looks very, very bright. We've taken some trips to Nashville working hand in hand with a lot of promoters, promises and confirmation of some very large shows that are coming through. Nothing stopped. Everything's rolling. We're going right along and never missing a beat and that's what we're supposed to do when a change ever happens. Just keep on going. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.