Opinion

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...

Steve Frey Some of you Bobcats, Blue Demons, Bruins, Cougars, Eagles and many other fantastic people will all have something...

Steve Frey Tomorrow is Mother's Day; a day set aside to recognize mothers everywhere. Most mothers will do anything to...

Michael Abraham Banjos. Fiddles. Guitars. Flatfoot dancing. Reels. These are the mainstays of traditional Appalachian music. I often joke that...

Steve Frey Who was your favorite teacher? Everyone has one. This is Teacher Appreciation Week, and yesterday was National Teacher...