We’ve been getting your letters, your phone calls and your emails. One of you is threatening to sue the Virginia Department of Health. Ministe…
Let’s step away for a minute from the seemingly never-ending stream of those newly infected with COVID-19 and, worse, those dying from it. Let…
This Pittsylvania County supervisor has gone from spreading dangerous views to outrageous and demeaning terms.
Hit us with your best shot. Fire away.
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domesti…
This is the time of year for agenda-setting, when we take a look at where we have been and where a year from now we would like to have been, a…
Remember the 3 Ws from Dr. Scott Spillmann.
The health of our community requires that we take a step back for in-person learning in our schools.
Beating this pandemic is incumbent on the effort of all of us.
Early voting began Friday in Virginia, and there needed to be more outlets.
Early voting began Friday in Virginia, and there needed to be more outlets.
Early voting began Friday in Virginia, and there needed to be more outlets.
Early voting began Friday in Virginia, and there needed to be more outlets.
Early voting began Friday in Virginia, and there needed to be more outlets.
Early voting began Friday in Virginia, and there needed to be more outlets.
Deaths doubled in the past week in the West Piedmont Health District.
In “Lord of the Rings,” there’s a scene where the grim-faced King Theoden of Rohan looks out over the army of orcs gathered outside his gates …
IS IT TOO much to ask that appointed state officials follow the law like everybody else? If you’re a member of the Virginia Parole Board, appa…
Voting is a right, not a privilege. And casting a ballot — that most fundamental exercise of American citizenship — should be as accessible as…
In May 1998, John Hager gave the commencement address at Southern Virginia Community College’s Christanna Campus. Toward the end of his speech…
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At a time when students and institutions of higher learning are facing serious financial problems, well-paid college administrators are still …
Teresa F. Smithson, general registrar and director of elections for Hanover County, calls officers of election “the unsung heroes of our democracy.”
LOCKED IN a hyper-partisan presidential election-year stalemate, the largely do-nothing Congress has at least managed to pass legislation that…
Every generation thinks it will change the world.
Schools across Virginia closed in mid-March because of the global coronavirus pandemic, upending children’s daily routines. Faced with uncerta…
If we can consider long-distance classes for a semester or more, there is little reason for education to ever be snowed out again.
For weeks, K-12 school divisions, and college and university campuses across Virginia have grappled over a difficult and, at times, divisive q…