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Steve Frey Okay, so you are going to get a tax cut, and it is going to show up first...

Evans “Buddy” King Whenever I am asked about my ethnicity, my answer is that I am “largely Scotch-Irish.” Former senator...

Jim Glanville Virginia Tech history professor Dan Thorp has just published "Facing Freedom: An African American Community in Virginia from...

Steve Frey Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, and this would be a great time to reflect on how...

Michael Abraham Who of us in the bifocal set doesn’t love the artwork of Norman Rockwell? During his long and...

Evans “Buddy” King It is year-end as I write this piece. This time of year, columnists typically recap the year’s...

Jim Glanville The history of coal mining in Montgomery County will be celebrated in a downtown Blacksburg exhibit titled "A...

Laura Mitchell Carilion Clinic After temperatures fall, many people envision a winter’s worth of curling up by cozy fires, cooking...

Rusty Mullins Growing up, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day were never that big of a deal. Most years,...

Michael Abraham Maybe it’s just me, but I hate traffic lights. Back when I was a child, when Blacksburg and...