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FRED FIRST: No Peace With The Winds of Winter

This post revisits a post from 2011 (and originally from maybe 2004) where the wind was the dominant feature of our winter days. This, I might add, was a complaint...

The Roanoke History / O. Winston Link Museum To Be Open on Saturdays

The Roanoke History / O. Winston Link Museum will be open starting Saturday, January 18....

City of Roanoke Elevates Emergency Response with Cutting-Edge Technology

In the heart of Roanoke’s bustling 911 Center, a quiet revolution is reshaping how emergency...

Where 2024 Voter Turnout Was Highest And Lowest in Virginia 

 Virginia saw its lowest overall voter turnout in a presidential election since 2000, although over...

Transportation Institute Awarded Nearly $1 Million in Trucking Education Grants

Safety is not only for truck drivers, but also the drivers around them. The Virginia Tech...

Image Is Everything – Stuart Revercomb

Remember the old commercial with Tennis Star Andre Agassi that featured the key line “Image is everything?” It was a big hit for both...

The Geography of Bliss

So much of what surrounds us seems to be gloom and doom. We need not catalogue them; everyone knows the endless list of sorrows,...

What About Patrick Henry? – by The Rt. Rev. R. Quigg Lawrence

The Church of The Holy Spirit in Roanoke County and others have worked hard to establish Young Life in Roanoke and beyond. Young Life...

“Who Stands With This Child?” – Dr. George C. Anderson

The Gospel of Luke would have us know that the good news the angels announced to the shepherds is good news for the poor. ...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup!

High school playoff football is upon us, and the regular season has been kind to the Wild Bill "Big-11". Nine of the eleven teams are...

Soon It Will All Be Over

The election season, that is.  And none too soon; the public’s tolerance for the last six months of non-information, distortions, lies, and innuendo by...