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FRED FIRST: No Peace With The Winds of Winter

This post revisits a post from 2011 (and originally from maybe 2004) where the wind was the dominant feature of our winter days. This, I might add, was a complaint...

The Roanoke History / O. Winston Link Museum To Be Open on Saturdays

The Roanoke History / O. Winston Link Museum will be open starting Saturday, January 18....

City of Roanoke Elevates Emergency Response with Cutting-Edge Technology

In the heart of Roanoke’s bustling 911 Center, a quiet revolution is reshaping how emergency...

Where 2024 Voter Turnout Was Highest And Lowest in Virginia 

 Virginia saw its lowest overall voter turnout in a presidential election since 2000, although over...

Transportation Institute Awarded Nearly $1 Million in Trucking Education Grants

Safety is not only for truck drivers, but also the drivers around them. The Virginia Tech...

The Saint Who Saved the Baby’s Hands

It’s been forty years ago this month that the baby almost lost his hands.  He’d been born in a small country hospital, and...

Money Talks . . . Money Rules

As the late, great Sen. Everett Dirksen famously said, “A billion dollars here, a billion dollars there and soon you’re talking about real...

Perriello Energizes Volunteers At Obama/Biden Campaign Headquarters

 by Valerie Garner Tom Perriello, the former Democratic congressman from Virginia's 5th district, was swept into office in 2008 by defeating Franklin County's Virgil...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup!

Major League baseball gets its due this week as the World Series got under way Wednesday night between Detroit and San Francisco. It's been...

Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before Us

It’s not uncommon for communities to set apart a day to specifically remember and honor those special to it. We, in the US,...

Wild Bill Turner’s Weekly Sports Roundup

OK, take it easy on me! It wasn't a perfect 11-0 performance, but last week's 7-4 record wasn't too shabby in a week...