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DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is composed of a story. A true and eternal story. Of true “Joy to the...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

CAROLINE REVERCOMB: Distracted By Joy

The title of today's column came from a wonderful man in our little church on Bent Mountain. One Sunday he talked about being distracted...

HAYDEN HOLLINSWORTH: The Tenuous Monarch Migration

It’s that time of the year again.  Species of all varieties are packing up and leaving for their winter quarters.  The whole science of...

Dick Baynton: Fiscal Apocalypse: When?

The word apocalypse has several meanings of severity, one being catastrophe. The answer to the title question is that our great nation is already...

Dick Baynton: Celebrate but Recalibrate

We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. We celebrate holidays. We celebrate victories in sports, business and……in wars. But sometimes, victories are hollow because someone was...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Running Roanoke’s Seven Summits; Fun for Fools

Descending the rock-strewn trail from our brief visit to the summit of McAfee's Knob, the light from my headlamp is waning big-time; it's fading...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Diversity Revisited

We hear a lot about diversity these days.  There are even groups here in Roanoke to foster our understanding it.  Having attended one it...