Opinions

Without a doubt Blacksburg has an affordable housing problem. Recently the Town held the first meeting of the three scheduled...

Steve Frey School communities in the New River Valley may be getting a wonderful Christmas present this year: an increase...

Michael Abraham As I mentioned in my last column about famous people from Blacksburg, many of Virginia Tech’s thousands of...

James Shockley Have a holly, jolly Christmas. Give lottery tickets to your small children, drink lots of alcohol, buy more...

Michael Abraham I’m guessing that the moment after you finished reading my column last week on Christiansburg’s most famous residents,...

Steve Frey Virginia's decisions have been crucial throughout the history of the United States in many ways. On this very...

Jim Glanville This summer, in the prestigious journal "Southeastern Archaeology," two Radford University professors published an article about the industrial...

Steve Frey They were fleeing from their country. They had a young son, and they knew his life would have...

During 2018, I wrote several letters concerning gun control and gun violence. I don’t recall receiving many replies. I did...

Steve Frey      On Dec. 6, 1941, many Americans were thinking about Christmas in a few weeks or Hanukkah beginning...