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Steve Frey Add Jacksonville to the list. Yes, add Jacksonville, Florida to the list of cities that have now experienced...

Evans “Buddy” King This space the News Messenger graciously lets me use from time to time allows me the opportunity to reflect...

Steve Frey The Radford City Council recently voted to join a consortium created by the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors...

Jim Glanville It is rare for southwest Virginia history to make front-page news in the “Roanoke Times.” Nonetheless, it happened...

Deena Flinchum In my previous column, I outlined some of the history of how our southern border had descended into...

Steve Frey Dear Bobcats, Blue Demons, Bruins, Cougars, Eagles and every other student in the area, welcome to the new...

Judy Patrick We thought everybody knew how important a free press was to our world and that all this talk...

Deena Flinchum In a complex world, it is difficult to do just one thing. The chaos that we are seeing...

Steve Frey Are you ready for some NFL football? It's time to start making plans for tailgating at the Washington...

Steve Frey We are very fortunate to be living in the New River Valley. The rivers, mountains and clean air...