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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...

City Leaders Need Vision for Countryside

Dear Editor, As a member of the Roanoke Park & Rec. Advisory Board I would like to express my thoughts on Countryside Golf Course....

More Fair Tax Coverage Needed

Dear Editor, I wanted to leave comment on e-mail but it’s not easy for a novice computer user.  I want to say we are...

Commentary: Poor Mountain Wind Turbines Poor Idea for Roanoke

This is to refute the recent propagandized information provided to our area citizens from a “green” money- motivated industry, posing as a “green”...

Commentary: Enforcing Our Laws to Reduce Illegal Immigration

If you were to take a drive along Interstate 8 in Arizona, many miles north of the border, you would very likely come...

Letter Misrepresented Tea Party and Fair Tax

I haven’t seen as much misinformation in a short article as that provided by Sidney Vaught in his July 9-15 piece, “Tea Party...

Open Letter to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation

Gentlemen: My wife and I have a 2nd home at Smith Mountain Lake. We have enjoyed taking guests to the D-Day Memorial and recommending...