Opinion

Steve Frey When I started playing Little League baseball, I chose the number "4" for my uniform. I was only...

Jim Glanville James "Bud" Robertson, Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Virginia Tech, will speak at the Blacksburg...

Deena Flinchum As I mentioned in my last column, there hasn't been much in the way of new developments in...

Steve Frey Memorial Day signals the beginning of summer for many. Families are beginning to make plans for vacation, but...

Evans “Buddy” King This is a letter I wrote to my cousin Joe’s grandson when his mother gave him Joe’s...

Steve Frey Students throughout the New River Valley are celebrating graduation from high school. As you sit in the audience...

Jim Glanville This columnist spoke in April to an audience of 47 people about local coal mining history at the...

Steve Frey If you are like most Americans, you watched the news with tears welling in your eyes last Friday...

James Shockley I recently saw an old rerun of Doc Martin on PBS. The setting was a preliminary sanity hearing...

Steve Frey Every day, a policeman leaves his home for his shift, and his wife has to find the strength...