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Tommy Wright: Why do some people oppose a Virginia tax cut?
The 2025 General Assembly Session will start Wednesday, Jan. 6 and Democrats have apparently learned nothing from the…
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Judy Moore: Native Americans’ role in Southwest Virginia ignored
Virginia’s Appalachian history is a diverse combination of cultures. We recently learned about the African American influence in…
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Mike Wilson: We searched for 20 minutes
We looked everywhere. For a good 20 minutes and I truly mean a good 20 minutes, we looked…
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Tammy Mulchi: It’s a time for creativity
This past week I was invited to speak to the Virginia Rural Leadership Institute (VRLI) as they toured…
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Mike Wilson: Words we need
As a linguist and foreign language teacher, I have spent the better part of a half century learning…
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Frank Ruff: We need to rethink energy
Recent polling shows that, when asked, most people are in favor of green energy if the question is…
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Mike Wilson: My grandmother, scourge of the reptile kingdom
My grandmother Ella was a very hardy sportsperson. She once bagged a limit of squirrels when cruelly sidelined…
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Opinion —The snowball grows, but the brick wall isn’t there
Last week, I wrote about the reality of inflation being higher than the government statistics report for those…
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Judy Moore: The funding of African American schools
Since the 1800s, African Americans have actively worked to secure a quality education for their children. Black churches…
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Opinion — 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…