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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...
All Trails Lead to Blue Ridge Mountains
by Fred FirstA city girl, my mother used to say wistfully that she was born with the country in her bones. I lived, early...
Sadly, You’ve Heard This One Before
by Mike WheelerAnd you have Daniel Butterfield to thank. He was just a kid from Utica, New York, who attended Union College and...
Recipe of the Week – Thomas Jefferson’s Sweet Potato Biscuits
by Leigh SackettWhen celebrating Independence Day a standard hot dog, hamburger, watermelon cookout with sparklers in hand is great but what I am...
Rural Church Centers Encourage Reflection
by Frances StebbinsWith summer upon us, it's a good time to visit one of the several conference centers maintained nearby by churches to...
An Erstwhile Sense of Hopelessness
by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.These days I am haunted by a growing mediocrity in our nation’s classrooms. Having just finished more than two...
Freedom Brings Choices by Donna Hopkins Britt
“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery…. For you were...