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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...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

Got your fill of turkey? Stuffed to the gills to the point you need some outside activity? Looking for some great holiday basketball? Readers,...

God Has A Plan

Well - we get the overarching biblical theme by now - don't we? Covenant making and covenant breaking between God and man that...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

This will be the final Wild Bill column before Christmas Day, so I want to wish all my readers a happy and prosperous...

Saturday Night In A Supermax

The mission of the church is to GO!  Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”  We are...

Horror Happens

When events like Newtown occur there are several reactions.  First, there is disbelief.  How could something like this happen?  It can’t be true. ...

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

Wow, what a week. Since high school sports always goes through a lull during the December holidays, I'm going to change gears to bring...