Opinion

Frances Stebbins, Correspondent On a day of perfect late-fall weather last month, a friend asked me if I’d like to...

Roanoke College Poll Conducted by Dr. Alice Louise Kassens, Senior Analyst Rising food and fuel prices will not stop over...

Dear Editor,  After a Richmond Federal Court disqualified Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) Army Corps (ACE) boilerplate Nationwide12 water crossing permit, MVP...

By Frances Stebbins, Correspondent Although no communicator of news can ever be totally objective, in this age of so many...

Letters to the Editor, If Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) explodes around karst-ridden Dixie Caverns’ area, it could greatly harm or...

Frances Stebbins, Correspondent Folk of a certain age will remember when “the Bible” meant the King James Version (KJV). Over...

Dear Editor,  Salem City Council’s November 8 meeting deserves explanation. Concerned citizens used their five minutes to explain why council's...

Rebecca Stackhouse Guest Contributor, Rebecca Stackhouse Salem VA Health Care System Executive Director As employees of the Department of Veterans...

Guest Contributor Dr. Cynthia Morrow, Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts Health Director Last week the Food and Drug Administration approved...

By Frances Stebbins, Correspondent In my “Night Person” hours, I’ve enjoyed re-reading favorite novels I discovered as I entered my...