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SERWAN ZANGANA: Political Failures Led To Recent Murder of Corrections Officer In Grayson County

Correctional Officer Jeremy Hall was killed on November 17, 2025, by an inmate at River North Correctional Center in Grayson County, Virginia, while he was conducting a meal service...

Sen. Suetterlein Files 2026 Legislation Expanding Tax Relief & Education

Virginia legislators started filing bills for the 2026 General Assembly this week, and Senator David...

Progressives Urge Assembly to Soak the Rich, But Likely Tax Increases Will Reach Everyone

As a new Democratic Party trifecta looms in Virginia, a progressive policy group has floated...

Dissecting the Blue Wave: Turnout

Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday blamed Tuesday’s shellacking of the Republican Party in Virginia on the...

We Lost More Than an Election — Here’s What Comes Next

We lost all three statewide races. We lost 13 House seats. No Republican won outside...

Roanoke Real Estate Holders Are Going to Pay Higher Taxes Forever

For decades, the City of Roanoke has been kicking the can down the road and avoiding spending money on maintaining infrastructure - particularly...

Dear Mr. President

December 19, 2012 Barack Obama The President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC  20500 “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become...

Roanoke Continues Fixing Problems That Do Not Exist

 As former City Economic Development Director I am aware that the City and DRI used to conduct an annual census of downtown workers....

Rinker and Readers Need to Do Further Reading

I always read with great interest Dr. Rinker's columns, and the responses he generates. I just read Tom Taylor's letter and wanted to...

Closing of Grandin Automotive Tells Bigger Story

This is the story of American expectations that ended badly. It’s about Bill Millner, an automotive genius, a successful businessman with decades of...

Asperger’s No More?

I know a bunch of experts got together and decided after years of study to do away with the diagnosis of “Asperger’s Syndrome”...