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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...

I Don’t Subscribe To This

Anyone who has opened a magazine within the past twenty or so years has encountered those pesky little subscription cards. You know, those...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

Well, it looks like my visit to Dean Wormer's office last week did the trick. For the second time this season, I only...

Uranium Mining: Who Knows the Truth?

 It depends on who you ask.  There are many players involved in Virginia Uranium’s proposal to mine a deposit in Pittsylvania County said...

Good Vibrations At Age Fifty-One

I have to laugh at myself. The other day I was nostalgic for TV commercials from thirty or so years ago when I was...

Writing as Balm, Elixir and Legacy

It is my prayer that writing will play its part in a sufficiency and satisfaction of life after retirement. I began writing some...

Two Women for the Ages – Mark Graham

For the record, I am joyfully and gratefully married to my wife, Rena of 33 years and counting. If Protestants counted saints, she...