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SERWAN ZANGANA: Is There Any Hope For Roanoke City Council?
Roanoke City Council members returned to their old political game in the Municipal building. Perhaps, the pain from the hit which was the first Republican Council member since 2000,...
SCOT BELLAVIA: Told Ya So
“I hate to be the one to tell you ‘I told you so,’ but...”“No, you...
MELINDA MYERS: Be A Weather Watching Gardener
Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challenges. Our gardens are exposed to more...
BOB BROWN: Suspension of Critical Judgment
The Sheriff of a nearby county, before DNA identification was available, urgently requested the assistance...
SCOTT DREYER: A Trump Supporter Explains Her Reasonings
Below are comments from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, for employment reasons, on...
A Summer Deckhand on the James
by John Robinson
Chuck and I manhandle the wooden ramps into place as Grey prepares to direct the cars off the ferry. It’s another...
A Few Thoughts at 63 . . . And Counting
by Lucky Garvin
Flying across the highway in front of me was a crow; and in its beak, a long piece of limp brown...
The Death of Privacy
by Hayden Hollingsworth
That obituary was written long ago. The Alien and Sedition Acts of the late 18th century jumped all over the rights...
To Make A Cool, Delicious Summer Classic, You Need A Little Magic
by Mike Keeler
The beverage was originally dreamed up in Scotland. The idea was to combine the cool bubbly refreshment of an ale with...
Be Still And Know That I Am God – By Rev. Joseph P. Lehman
Before John Solomon Rarey’s “horse-whispering” technique was published in the 1870s, the only way to break a horse was by violence and force...
Rules, Rules and More Rules
by Keith McCurdy
One question I am often asked, especially from parents of toddlers, is “how many rules should we have?” For some reason...