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From the Editor’s Desk: An early dose of the Christmas spirit

“What are you doing?” I was holding a notepad in one hand at the time, with my phone ...

Letter to the Editor Buckingham supervisors Confederate

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From the Editor’s Desk — There are some stories I don’t want to write

There are some stories I hate writing. I’m not talking about covering court cases or sitting down to ...

Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk — The ‘local stuff’ matters

The old man showed off his finger to everybody at the market. It had indelible ink on it, ...

Farmville downtown partnership parking fines parking fees

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From the Editor’s Desk — What’s the future for Prince Edward County?

It started with a conversation earlier this month at Three Roads Brewing. What began as a welcome to ...

Opinion

Reflections on National Newspaper Week

This is National Newspaper Week, and if you are reading these words, chances are you already have an ...

Opinion

Change is coming

The numbers keep going up. It started this past spring and hasn’t stopped. Now we’re at a point ...

Opinion

Editorial — Big Tech steamrolls newspapers

Today’s editorial is courtesy of our friend and newspaper colleague Brett Wesner, chair of the National Newspaper Association. ...

Opinion

Editorial — Time to support local news is now

Today we hand over this space to Dean Ridings, CEO of the America’s Newspapers trade organization, for an ...

Opinion

Bipartisan budget good for Virginia

Government gridlock can frustrate partisans on both sides of the aisle, but in a purple state like Virginia, ...

Opinion

Your Turn — Prepare for hurricane season

The Virginia House and Senate passed two budget bills and sent the budget to the governor last Wednesday, ...

Opinion

Tax relief coming eventually

Last Wednesday, a budget agreement was reached between House and Senate negotiators. We have been waiting since mid- ...

Opinion

Your Turn — Elections and redistricting

Over the course of the last two years, much has been reported about how political districts will look ...

Opinion

A rallying cry for public schools

The alarm bells will be muted — even ignored — thanks to bitter partisan division over public education, ...

Opinion

Your turn — Proud of SVCC graduates

Southside Virginia Community College hosted an in-person commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14. The event, held on the ...

Opinion

Opinion — Tax cuts vs tax cuts

There is a real dilemma in Virginia politics currently. Last November, one of the issues that Glenn Youngkin ...

Opinion

Opinion — Once upon a time

In the 1980s, (we had just recovered from the high inflation of the 1970s which had stagnated our ...

Opinion

Let’s start a chain reaction

This is our community and each of us has the power to shape it for the better. While ...

Opinion

Opinion — Unintended consequences – death!

Sometimes readers wonder if what happens in Richmond and Washington will really affect their lives. This past week, ...

Opinion

Opinion — Full speed ahead

The General Assembly is now running at full speed. The first week or two was focused on making ...

Opinion

Opinion — Safe students, Safe communities

We’ve been hard at work for nearly three weeks now in the Virginia General Assembly, and we’ve already ...

Opinion

Opinion — Keeping our promises

On Saturday, Governor Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Governor Winsome Sears, and Attorney General Jason Miyares took the oath of ...

Opinion

Opinion — Race of the lemmings

Thank you Senator Joe Manchin. Every American should appreciate that Senator Manchin was the one Democrat that refused ...

Opinion

Opinion —The season of hope

This is the season where, each year, most of us step back and reflect on life and look ...

Opinion

Opinion — Remembering Virginia O’Hanlon

It was a different world back in 1897. From our perspective, it might seem to have been a ...

Opinion

EDITORIAL – Say thanks to a veteran

It’s been a century since the last Virginians who fought in World War I came home. Veterans Day ...

Editorials

Editorial — Crash or accident?

There seems to be a lot of traffic crashes lately, and whether that’s attributable to the pandemic, a ...

Opinion

Editorial — Reflect and remember

In last Friday’s newspaper, we published coverage of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, ...

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