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 After reading the long article on the new Virginia Tech logo, I am reminded of the old joke asking, “How...

  On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Kiwanis Club sponsored their annual “Wilderness Trail Days,” in down town Christiansburg. This year’s...

Michael Abraham I’m just back from vacation in Italy, one of the world’s truly fascinating, beautiful places. Let me tell...

Jim Glanville Editor’s note: The first installment appeared in Wednesday’s issue. The accompanying sketch shows Banks's plat as survey lines...

Jim Glanville Sometimes a student of history stumbles on a document that changes their view of the past. The following...

I really enjoyed Jim Glanville's "Short history of personal computers" article in the Sept. 17 issue of the paper. As...

James Shockley Photo Courtesy of Virginia Tech Blacksburg and Virginia Tech are so closely intertwined that many people identify them...

Deena Flinchum Although my column from spring of 2016 covered this subject, I am visiting it again because Vermont Senator...

Leslie Hager-Smith is running for mayor of Blacksburg. As a member of the town’s council and vice mayor, she has...

  Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I Jim Glanville On their way home from school recently, a couple of neighborhood middle...