Opinion

Dear people of faith who want to preserve God’s creation and the intricate web of life in our Blue Ridge,...

Southwest Virginia needs new industries to diversify its economy. In his time representing Virginia’s 9th district, Morgan Griffith has prioritized...

Dear Concerned Citizen I sent the following email to city council candidates concerning our Salem Farmer’s Market.  If you care...

Shawn, After ten years gone to other parts of Virginia, SolarUnitedNeighbors.org/GreaterRoanoke is finally back in our area and having its...

Frances Stebbins Columnist In the mid-1950s, when I began working for the daily afternoon newspaper “The Roanoke World-News,” the Roanoke...

The Business Leadership Fund (BLF), a political action committee representing the regional business community, is pleased to announce its endorsement...

Easter – morning or evening?   (This is a chapter in a Memoir, “Give Light…” of the six decades the...

  Congratulations to Buzz Williams, and the Hokies, to getting to the NCAA tournament for a second consecutive year. Some...

  Letter to the editor   I was raised in Salem and have three children in three separate Salem schools....

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) recently issued the following statement on the bipartisan budget agreement passed by Congress and...