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Your Turn — Let’s give thanks for our ambassador teachers
Topping my “thankful” list in our community this holiday season are Kerensa Smith, Raymond Tubojan and all of…
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Your Turn — Keep those heads up, my fellow Republicans
There’s no question, the midterm elections did not go the way we thought they would. Many close races…
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Your turn — What’s the plan?
Last year, the Virginia Community College System approved a strategic plan for the 23 community colleges in the…
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Your Turn — Paying tribute to Gunther, Havlat and the 11th hour
The 11th hour has become synonymous with Veterans Day, originally called Armistice Day, in recognition of the document…
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Your Turn — Partnering with the Tobacco Commission
For more than two decades, Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) has partnered with the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization…
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Your Turn — ‘We got soft on crime’
“We got soft on crime.” This was the quote from the Mayor of Roanoke. He was referring to…
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OPINION — Have you voted yet?
Last November, Virginians elected a GOP majority in the House and the first Republican governor in over a…
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Your Turn — I’ll let you in on a secret
I was truly disgusted when I saw the blatantly transphobic and uninformed “opinion” piece The Farmville Herald allowed…
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Your Turn — Here’s what’s happening around the Commonwealth
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that total revenue collections in August for the Commonwealth’s general fund grew by 13%…
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Opinion — As our children return to school…
As our schools are opening to welcome back our students for a new year, every school is on…
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Opinion — This is all of us
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. These are precious words to live by.…
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Your Turn — What about the impact?
Recently, a number of conditional use permits (CUPs) in agricultural areas have been handed out to industrial businesses,…
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Your Turn — Republicans were right
The damage to our students from school closures and remote learning during the COVID pandemic is worse than…
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Your Turn — Surplus should be used for tax rebates
The House and Senate Joint Money Committees met on Friday, August 19. Governor Glenn Youngkin began the meeting…
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Opinion — Budget provides help for agriculture, forestry
Agriculture and forestry are the first and third largest sectors in Virginia industry, respectively. With this in mind,…
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Opinion — August snowballs, this time green
Last week, I wrote about things that have gotten bigger and bigger and more bizarre as they moved…
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Opinion — Failed Democratic leadership
Democrats in Washington have finally flailed their way to a political win, passing the poorly named “Inflation Reduction…
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Column —Your family’s life is on the November ballot
Everyone needs to understand that politics drives human functioning, as well as your dignity and quality of life.…
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Opinion — Rights-based ordinance to protect Buckingham
On July 11, the Buckingham Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted to develop an ordinance to address gold mining…
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Opinion — Cumberland County does not need the Green Ridge Mega-Landfill
A group of concerned citizens of the Commonwealth, residents of Cumberland County, and stakeholders in the historically Black…
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Opinion — Surplus indicates taxes in state are too high
Virginia is seeing its second consecutive multibillion-dollar revenue surplus. The fiscal year ended on June 30 with a…
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Your Turn — Tourism programs intended to bolster local economies
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced updated guidance on quarantine procedures following exposure to COVID-19 in school, childcare and camp…
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Your Turn — Google and Facebook are threatening local news
Dean Ridings, CEO America’s Newspapers Thomas Jefferson famously declared, “Were it left to me to decide whether we…
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Opinion — New neighbors for you?
Prisons exist for two reasons. First, to punish those who refuse to live by the laws that provide…
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Your Turn — Education improvements highlight amended state budget
Last Wednesday, Governor Youngkin sent 38 budget amendments, three in HB 29 (the caboose budget) and 35 in…
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Opinion — Budget to get final OK after amendments considered
On Thursday, June 9, both HB 29 and HB 30 were duly enrolled, signed by the presiding officers…
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YOUR TURN — Community
Community: living in the same area, sharing, caring and helping one another in a time of need. It…