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Salem Mayor’s Office: We Have To Install The Spy Cameras Before We Can Discuss The Spy Cameras
On March 9, 2010, in the heated struggle to approve the controversial “Obamacare” legislation (aka "Affordable Care Act"), then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) made national headlines when she...
Road Project To Begin at Route 220 and International Parkway/Ashley Way
Work will start in May on a road construction project to improve traffic flow and...
VA Tech Expert Says Fireflies Aren’t Going Extinct But Numbers Dwindling
For many people, fireflies lighting up backyards is a sign of summertime. The thrill of...
“Personhood” Status for Unborn Emerges as New Front Line in Abortion Battle
“Fetal personhood” has emerged as the next step of the anti-abortion movement.
By amending state constitutions...
Virginia Residents Will Need ‘REAL ID’ to Board An Airplane Starting May 2025
Do you have a star on your Virginia driver’s license? If not, there’s still time...
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Delivers Again
One of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the Southeast, perhaps the second biggest according to Event Zone’s Larry Landolt in the...
Local School Systems Display Solidarity
Members of three local school boards and administrators stood shoulder to shoulder last week, announcing a joint resolution that called for state and...
Spring Wins In The End . . .
Spring comes with agonizing slowness in the mountains of Virginia. (My mother in Alabama says the jonquils are in full bloom there already.)...
Roanokers to Pack Over 280,000 Meals for Haiti
The idea took root in one small Episcopal church, right after the earthquakes that shattered Haiti. In a short time, the project grew,...
County Wind Power Debate Begins
At a community meeting on Bent Mountain last week and before the ICLEI “green” committee on Monday, Don Giecek made the case for wind...
VT Developing Helicopter to Investigate Nuclear Disasters
Students at Virginia Tech’s Unmanned Systems Laboratory are perfecting an autonomous helicopter they hope will never be used for its intended purpose. Roughly...