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Minnesota-born Appalachian freelancer. Former editorial page editor/arts columnist/beat reporter for —also chaired a short while.
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Some day job fun! #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce
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Have you seen this one yet? 
One movie stood out during #Oscar nominations this year, #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce. So we asked @VT_Science physicist Djordje Minic - can we really be “Everything Everywhere All at Once”?
Here's what he said 
vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/
One movie stood out during #Oscar nominations this year, #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce. So we asked @VT_Science physicist Djordje Minic - can we really be “Everything Everywhere All at Once”?
Here's what he said
vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/
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Planning to play the lottery today?
experts and were recently quoted in explaining why the jackpots have gotten so big💰
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An estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs on Friday – marking the latest in a chain of record-breaking lottery prizes that the U.S. has seen in recent years.
Can economics explain the boost in these extraordinarily large jackpots?
usatoday.com/story/money/20
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A year out from receiving venue-saving federal pandemic relief funds, Theatre hits some rough seas, but the shows go on cardinalnews.org/2023/01/13/can (and my exit from newspapers turns out not to be an exit from SWVA journalism📓✍️)
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The last editorial I wrote for — and the last piece I will ever write as a newspaper employee — appeared today.
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This past week I wrote the final two weeks of editorials I'll ever write for the Roanoke Times all in a row. Here's the first to appear...
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Definite game-changer:
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NEW: @delegatebagby is dropping out the 4th District race and is endorsing @JennMcClellanVA. @8NEWS
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Excellent reporting on fentanyl and the government’s impotent, slow and politically bungled criminal justice response, described as looking for leads in cemeteries.
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With the kids gathered, they're asked if they want to meet someone. Yes, they did, came the response. The door opened. The faces of the children glowed. They smiled. And in came Bice, the tail-wagging therapist.
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#InTodaysPrint Search warrants have identified the man who died after being shot in northwest Roanoke on Nov. 6. The fatal incident is connected to a shooting that took place in downtown Roanoke just the day before. Find the details online: roanoke.com/news/local/cri.
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Brittney released? That makes this a very good day.
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Youngkin, on Fox News, asked directly if he aspires to run for president, launches into a stump speech. Which is an answer.
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A western VA trailer park is just one of many that's been taken over by Homes of America — which shares an address with newspaper scavenger Alden Global Capital. The takeover is driving fear, doubt & loathing.
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Quote from a dayjob training today: "We think of the city as a great collective work of art, which is never finished."
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Cawthorn ends the near of his lone term in Congress after a May defeat in the GOP primary.
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Still wondering whether or not to come to our first ever Alma del Core Community Concert?
Here's the program to hopefully tempt you!
THIS Saturday (tomorrow!), 3pm, downtown Roanoke, VA at Community High School at 302 Campbell Ave SE. Free admission!
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Oh. It works.
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The best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting.
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Thinking of Alison Parker and Adam Ward this morning, and every day!
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Check out my moment on the business beat! The Red Lobster in southwest Roanoke closed unexpectedly Sunday. Find out why - and how people feel about it - in my latest story. 👇
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“The lease is ending and we were unable to reach an agreement with our landlord,” a Red Lobster spokesperson said in a statement Monday. roanoke.com/business/local
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My wife and I recently got over Covid, and we were on Paxlovid. This headline and description made me laugh out loud.
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“It was like the smell that hot garbage has, but in your mouth.” The search for remedies to Paxlovid mouth. on.wsj.com/3C9vvS4
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Wholesome vocabulary lesson palate cleanser.
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A hierarchy of alienness: Pictures of animals from least to most related to you.
Least-related animal: Sponges. You and sponges are both animals. That's basically all you've got in common.
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A plot twist in the Senate's efforts to get significant climate crisis legislation passed.
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Sen. Joe Manchin has reached a deal that could speed up the long-delayed completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline bit.ly/3oNzxYl
Somewhere in the universe there’s a party going on with a bunch of badass octogenarians who changed my childhood. #RestInPower #NichelleNichols #StarTrek #Uhura #RepresentationMatters
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I'm always asked just what I do for ? Here is a piece that shares a little bit. Thank you Buzz for Good for telling my story.
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Thunder and rain held off just long enough for Rex, a law enforcement K-9, to make it inside the Franklin County Sheriff's Office for one last time Monday. roanoke.com/news/local/fra
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Thank you to for honoring my beautiful, talented friend with the announcement today of a fund in her name at that will provide training to student journalists. Donate here: bit.ly/3z37cSB #SierraWasHere
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More of this, today and into the weekend. Not quite as hot but still humid. We get a couple days break from humidity and daily scattered storms to start next week, but then back into hot-humid, sticky-stormy.
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With frontal boundary lingering across the area expect showers and thunderstorms today. Some of the storms can be strong to severe with gusty winds and heavy rains. High temperatures will range from lower 80s in the mountains to upper 80s in the Piedmont. #wxrnk
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The was the scene in #Vinton today. Read about the impact the fire has had on the town in my story for The . roanoke.com/news/local/don
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DOLPHIN SIGHTED near Richmond!
“The dolphin was sighted Wednesday, July 6 at approximately 8:00 AM . James River at the Varina-Enon Bridge.
It appears to be healthy feeding on fish, moving very quickly at times. “
📷 instagram.com/billdraperphot
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The former Montgomery Co schools superintendent has received just over $42,600 since he was dismissed in March.
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The amazing @MikeGangloffRT and I have spent the last three weeks researching everything there is to know about red flag law in our region. Check out our story in today’s issue of The ! roanoke.com/news/local/cri
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Hershel W. "Woody" Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died at a Veterans Affairs medical center in West Virginia.
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10 years ago today was the June 29, 2012 derecho. Looking back at how I experienced it and wrapping up some loose ends from Sunday's larger reader memories package in today's Weather Journal column.
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Blazing sunrise following a stormy night.
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