Opinion

To: Editor, News Messenger From: Delores Snell Re: Letter of appreciation to the families of Craig Mountain for giving snacks...

Congressman Morgan Griffith’s Weekly Update Virginia recently celebrated a milestone anniversary. Four hundred years ago on July 30, the body...

Jim Glanville. Local Historian. This year has produced many news stories about Virginia historical events in 1619 and their supposed...

Michael Abraham If I were a Christian, I’d go to Pastor Tommy McDearis’ Blacksburg Baptist Church, just to hear him...

Michael Abraham For a guy with such a tremendous impact on Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Montgomery County, Bill Ellenbogen is a...

The 90-minute special session of the state general assembly held on July 9th indicates the Republican Party is not interested...

By Steve Frey We are better than this. America is better than this. No matter what your political persuasion may...

Buddy King Love-hate relationships are great fodder for writers. Just last week I wrote about my feelings towards running. I...

Photo by Pam Miller Last month I went to New York City, had the opportunity to visit the 9/11 Memorial,...

Your values are important to you – and so are your investments. But you don’t have to keep these two...