Opinion

Gary Silverman Columnist Leaving the candidates’ forum for Blacksburg’s mayor this past Thursday, it dawned on me how much I...

Dear editor, Ballard and Griffith extol their legislative virtues In the 8-13-25 edition of the Radford News Journal, our Commonwealth...

 I wanted to take the opportunity in this week’s column to highlight some great local economic development news, as well...

Federal officials are currently rejecting a variety of long-standing findings of the science and health communities, leaving folks wondering if...

Dear Editor, Regarding https://montcova.com/2025/07/15/delegate-details-changes-to-medicaid-in-virginia/ Medicare cuts by the Trump administration to pay for a trillion-dollar tax cut for millionaires will...

I recently traveled to Richmond to fulfil my duties as a member of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Consolidation...

The newly passed federal budget bill is expected to have major impacts, including to our health and wallets. For example,...

Steve Huppert Columnist Hupps440 @aol.com The editor of the News Messenger asked me to write a monthly column on people...

Gary Silverman Columnist Last week’s paper included an opinion lauding Republicans for their quick adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology...

Del. Jason Ballard Virginia General Assembly Back in May, I wrote an article regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE)...