Colin Goddard and Omar Samaha advocate gun free schools.
Brad Paisley wants one. Vince Gill wants one. Eric Clapton has one. What is it? A handcrafted guitar from Wayne Henderson of Southwest Virginia. Click here to watch Taylor Faw’s multimedia profile.
Corey Mann and Taylor Kelly stop by Floyd County’s Chateau Morrisette. Take a tour of this family-owned winery, from the vineyards to the tasting room. (updated Dec. 8 )
Views about Second Amendment rights and campus safety collided at Radford University on Wednesday. Story by Maria Medina.
Occupy has arrived in Floyd, says Colleen Redman. It’s one of a half dozen “occupy” movements in the Roanoke – New River Valley region. In a related column, Glen Martin says that a recent Radford University occupy panel missed the point.
Corey Mann was in the stands Thursday to bring you this report on the Hokies’ 24-21 win over the Tar Heels. (updated Nov. 17)
Kurt Rheinheimer, outdoor enthusiast and writer, got an “F” on his first writing assignment, but the teacher loved it. “She hooked me (on writing) right there,” Rheinheimer told Shaina Stockton in this profile.
Meet Ali Tobia, former executive director of the Pulaski County Humane Society, in this profile by Shaina Stockton.
Meanwhile in Giles, the Mountain Lake Conservancy Center is raising awareness of conservation in Appalachia. Elliot Blumberg reports.
It’s a three-way race for Floyd County sheriff. Merina Medina gives readers a rundown on the candidates. (updated Nov. 4)
Tate, Dickson are friendly rivals for Carroll County at-large supervisor. Shaina Stockton reports. (updated Nov. 3)
Floyd’s Harvest Festival featured sheep shearing, line dancing, antique tractors and a side dish of Bootleg Barbeque. Taylor Faw reports. (updated Oct. 13)
Keep the uranium ban! That was the theme of a benefit concert held recently at the Pine Tavern Pavilion. Colleen Redman reports.
The Mighty Shakey band -- Michael Kovick, Rusty May, Dave Fason and Brad Miller -- at the uranium ban benefit.
This year’s New River expedition raised awareness, expedition veteran and environmental journalist Tim Thornton reports.
The 10th annual Floydfest music festival was breathtaking, as Colleen Redman reports from the 80 acre Blue Ridge Parkway site.
Roads in the NRV were crowded with cyclists during the Bike Virginia rally, as Alex John reports.
Floyd’s national music festival was a joy, Colleen Redman reports.
Floyd’s Land’s Sake event, the first annual Earth Day celebration, featured student poster and essay contest winners, over 30 booth displays, local food vendors, keynote speakers and a panel of farmers discussing the challenges and opportunities of small farming in Floyd.
A benefit cabaret for the National Music Festival featured performances of classic and comical songs from the Golden Age of Cinema, Broadway and Television, performed by musicians from Floyd and Blacksburg. Colleen Redman reports.
Postcards from Floyd: Clearing the mind with Song, by Colleen Redman.
The “Democratic Spring” of 2011 expresses what people around the world have felt for a long time, Glen Martin writes.
Devawn Oberlender writes about Radford Arsenal’s toxic emissions.
Terry McAuliffe stopped by Radford to promote a new electric car manufacturing business and, possibly, a run for Senate.
Rev. C.H. Charleton remembers serving as the region’s first African American mayor in the 1970s.
Richard Rosenberg and Caitlin Patton perform at a benefit for the Floyd National Music Festival, to be held May 29 to June 11.
Prof. Glen Martin writes about the Arizona massacre and democracy.
Floyd blogger Colleen Redmon writes about retaining the moratorium on uranium mining.
Berea College’s William Turner has a dream of a day when strip mining and mountaintop removal is no longer practiced in Appalachia.
RU professor Basel Saleh describes conditions leading to Tunesia’s revolution.
Mike Andrews reports on the RU exhibit that includes a painting by Vincent Van Gogh.
New River Voice Editor Tim Jackson discusses the Future of the Voice.
Blogger Fred First says Good Health is a Walk in the Park.
John Cairns, a distinguished Virginia Tech professor, has a new presentation on the “The Sword of Damocles and the Biosphere” in his National Academy of Sciences Members Legacy Lecture series.
Blogger Colleen Redman talks about Floyd’s literary magazine in her latest Postcards From Floyd blog entry.
A colorful cast of characters turned out for the Mardi Gras festivities in Floyd recently.
Lindsey Macdonald talks to a local hoarder who appeared on Hoarding: Buried Alive.
Peggy White of the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce tells you how to build a sustainable business.
John Hildreth, our blogger from Pembroke, gives us a few updates on what’s happening in his part of Giles County.
