Gary Varvel for Sep 06, 2026

Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Labor Day will soon be here, and soon after, the campaign for candidates seeking elective office will begin in earnest. Lynchburg voters face … 🎧 The hosts debate whether AI-powered license plate readers provide meaningful public protection or create unacceptable risks involving priva… When a person loses the right to vote after a felony conviction, the consequence does not stop with that individual — families lose a voice, too. For generations, Americans have accepted K–12 as the foundation of public education. But the system was largely developed more than a century … When it came to managing her career and investing her money, Dolly Parton said "yes" to a lot of kids -- and "no" to Elvis.