Opinion

Your Turn — What about the impact?

Recently, a number of conditional use permits (CUPs) in agricultural areas have been handed out to industrial businesses, ...

Opinion

Your Turn — Republicans were right

The damage to our students from school closures and remote learning during the COVID pandemic is worse than ...

Opinion

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 ...

Opinion

Your turn — Drug use: From marginal to mainstream

As I wrote going into August, I continue to focus on those things that were once considered marginal ...

Opinion

Your turn — Why wait to protect Buckingham County?

I am responding to the article written by Meghan McIntyre on Aug. 12 titled “Supervisors table mining ordinance.” ...

Opinion

Disturbed about Good

To the Editor: I am very disturbed about Rep. Bob Good’s support of a private citizen who removed ...

Opinion

Expert to address Buckingham Ordinance questions

To the Editor: Ben Price, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund community organizer, will appear via zoom at the ...

Opinion

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, ...

Letters to the Editor

Letter — Is Green Ridge running Cumberland County?

To the Editor: I just finished the article “Why use Green Ridge money? Residents question Cumberland park plan” ...

Opinion

Your turn — Let’s water our inflation and grow lies

Last week’s inflation report was pretty much what we expected, as prices were more than 8% higher year ...

Opinion

Your turn —August snowballs continue, so does the hype

Sometimes, people believe that a small lie might be okay. This often leads to bigger lies to cover ...

Opinion

Your turn — Establish your legacy

There’s a lot to celebrate in August. Fun days include Ice Cream Sandwich Day (August 2) and National ...

Opinion

Opinion — August snowballs, this time green

Last week, I wrote about things that have gotten bigger and bigger and more bizarre as they moved ...

Opinion

Opinion — Failed Democratic leadership

Democrats in Washington have finally flailed their way to a political win, passing the poorly named “Inflation Reduction ...

Opinion

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. ...

Letter to the editor

Opinion

Letter — On U.N. Agenda 2030 and farmers and landowners

To the Editor: The United Nations attempted to establish Habitat 1 in Vancouver; it failed. Next came Agenda ...

Opinion

Letter — Congressional show trial will lead nowhere

To the Editor: There is an ongoing show trial being conducted by Congress right now called the Jan. ...

Opinion

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 ...

Letters to the Editor

Letter — Stop gold mining to preserve the environment

To the Editor: I am the manager of the Yogaville farm, which is 6 acres on the banks ...

Opinion

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 ...

Letter to the editor

Opinion

Letter — Support rights-based proposal to prevent gold mining

To the Editor: I moved to Buckingham County about 2 1/2 years ago.  I am a retired architect ...

Opinion

Letter — Values should include caring for the poor

To the Editor: To respond to the letter that reflects fear of Democratic party values, these are the ...

Opinion

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 ...

Opinion

Katherine Rainey Wingo

Katherine Rainey Wingo, of Dillwyn, died on July 24, at Hickory Hill Retirement Community in Burkeville. She was ...

Opinion

Your turn — Small business survival at the heart of inflation concerns

Last week, I wrote about the reality of inflation being higher than the government statistics report for those ...

Opinion

Your turn — Legislation makes changes for the new school year

School is approaching and parents are ready to send their children back for another learning year. When I ...

Education

Your turn — Buckingham schools prepare for new year

At Buckingham County Public Schools, we are eagerly gearing up for the new academic school year, beginning Monday, ...

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