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Does Spending $62 Billion on Utility Batteries Lower Your Cost of Electricity? Of Course Not

The 2026 General Assembly is likely to amend the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) to greatly expand the construction of utility-scale batteries for our electric grid. Based on the current...

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...

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...

Women’s March Failed to Attract African Americans

“Forward together. Not one step back!” was the chant of Roanoke’s version of the International Women’s March Saturday. I found it impressive that when...

Research Hopes For Mental Health in The Roanoke Valley

Depression can be debilitating, but there is lots of hope with your recent announcement of area universities and hospitals getting on board with research...

Congressman Bob Goodlatte: How We Repeal and Replace Obamacare

Unaffordable premiums, deductibles through the roof, losing a doctor you’ve had for years, being dropped from the coverage you need – these are just...

Goodlatte Speaks in Support of Regulatory Accountability Act

It is a new day in America. For eight years, the Obama Administration has brought us one thing in response to the nation’s need...

Roanoke Needs a Hospice House

An Open Letter to The Star City I have lived here since 2009. I came after successfully making it through my first bout with cancer....

Virginia, Not Feds, Should Call Shots

Landowners facing the use of eminent domain by Dominion Resources and its partners in the construction of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline should have...