In the footsteps of the “Greatest Generation”
Steve Frey The "Greatest Generation." That's how Tom Brokaw described them in his book. We have just spent a week...
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Opinion
“Where there’s hope, there’s life”
Steve Frey “This is D Day,” the BBC announced at twelve. “This is the day. The invasion has begun. Is...
Read moreClaytor Lake State Park is an NRV treasure
Steve Frey Memorial Day weekend has passed, and the crowds last Sunday at Claytor Lake were huge. With the very...
Read moreDefense bill supporting military families, NATO and protects Congressional power moves to full Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on...
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Sherwood Anderson’s masterpiece “Winesburg, Ohio” becomes 100 years old.
By Jim Glanville, Local Historian In 1998, the Modern Library ranked "Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town...
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Limping into Santiago
Photos courtesy of Michael AbrahamSunrise near La Faba, Spain. The author walked about 800km in 5 weeks, 160km or 100...
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Prohibition – Part 2
Jim Shockley Prohibition, the laws that banned the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages, were passed in 1919 and...
Read morePossible RCPS infrastructure changes
Steve Frey What do schools in Middlesex County, King William, Fluvanna, Powhatan, Arlington, Charlottesville, and others have in common? They...
Read moreGuidelines for writing a letter to the editor
Because The News Messenger and the Radford News Journal try to capture a sense of what's on readers' minds, we...
Read more“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy”
Steve Frey Ahh! Summer vacation. It will not be long before students in area schools are on vacation for a...
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