The reasons behind the largest single-unit mobilization of Virginia National Guard soldiers since World War II.
When you visit Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, you can’t miss the murals.
Southwest Virginia has legitimate reason to look askance at initiatives that claim to benefit the entire state — as in practice “the entire st…
The costume that the late Chadwick Boseman wore to bring the Marvel superhero Black Panther to life is just as impressive in person as it was on film.
Lame duck Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam had some poignant words to share the night of Nov. 15 as he visited his alma mater, Virginia Military …
Let’s give Vinton the props that this 8,000-population town is due.
Hollifield is editor/GM of The McDowell News in Marion, N.C. and a humor columnist. Contact him at rhollifield@mcdowellnews.com.
“We will replace the entire Parole Board on Day One,” boomed Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin during his victory speech.
Hollifield is editor/GM of The McDowell News in Marion, N.C. and a humor columnist. Contact him at rhollifield@mcdowellnews.com.
Let us not just yet sing, “Deschutes, we hardly knew ye.”
The Great American Labor Shortage has dominated the cultural landscape in recent weeks, with supply chain problems leaving shelves empty, help…
Virginia Democrats had two years solid manning every single post on the command bridge of state government. Looks like that’s all they get for now.
Readers of a certain age possibly remember the Parents Music Resource Center, more often referred to by its acronym, the P.M.R.C.
An entire Henry County family, Michael Wayne Short, his wife Mary Hall Short, and their 9-year-old daughter Jennifer, were killed in cold bloo…
This court may be deeply divided ideologically, but it’s apparently united in its blind adherence to its own bad precedence.
In Virginia, the state government matches the school dollars provided by the localities, so poorer localities not only have less money, they a…
Proponents of replacing fossil fuels and nuclear energy with clean renewable energy are hitting some stiff headwinds, and it isn’t from the so…
Both parties’ handpicked commissioners had their chance to do the right thing.
In late March 2020, state and federal leaders grappled with a worst-case scenario amid a public health crisis. As COVID-19 spread across the U…
Virginia’s reinvented redistricting process will be hard pressed to deliver on the promise that accompanied its inception nearly a year ago. T…
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The commonwealth leads all other states in the distribution of its share of pandemic relief funds.
The city's plan to become a town in Henry County finally had a public hearing that left us wanting more.
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