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Rackspace, and it's webmail division of Mailtrust - which, coincidentally is Blacksburg-grown - IPO'd in August 2008, yet very little was written about it in the local paper.  Stuart's contention is that success stories like Mailtrust, and so many others located throughout our region, need the su...

Coal-fired power plants. Critics say they're dirty, that it has enormous leave-behinds in the form of ash, pollutants like sulphuric acids, arsenic and loads of carbon dioxide, not to mention the costs - both quantifiable and non-quantifiable - for mining, disposing of leave-behinds, and illness...

Pandapas Pond From Blacksburg - 460 West to Pandapas Pond, From Giles - 460 East to Pandapas Pond, , VA Pandapas Pond is a gem just four miles from Blacksburg VA. It's a popular hiking and mountain biking spot, with trails that head off into the Jefferson National Forest. A lot of people just li...

Took a hike up the AT to McAfee's Knob this past weekend. I'd never been up there, and I had no idea what I was missing. Absolutely gorgeous, you've got to see it in person. McAfee's Knob, on the Appalachian Trail McAfee's Knob, on the Appalachian Trail, Outside Catawba, VA, McAfee's Knob is one ...

The Current yesterday ran a "forum" piece regarding the proposed Blacksburg workforce housing project that's been hotly debated; it appears that the forum was a response to this October 5th editorial.  Please tell me this was a joke.  Honestly.  I'm confused as to the message this sends to commu...

Last month, I wrote "What Is A Home Inspection?"  I fully intended to write more ... but I didn't.   Then Jay Thompson in Phoenix wrote about the home inspection from the Seller's point of view.  I think he wrote it better than I could. The seller should be looking at the inspection in much the ...

I mentioned Sustainability Week recently, but there wasn't much information available.  Now, there's a lot more. What is Sustainability Week? What's happening?  Short version or long version. Why is this important?  Taking care of our environment is more than a fad, it's the right thing to do.  ...

August has come and gone, and September has as well.  The leaves are changing ... it's one of my favoritest (can I say that?  Sure I can) times of the year here in the New River Valley.  September has NOT been nice to the stock market, however - there's no secret there, we've passed a bill with e...

 Radford University's been under fire a bit, and Michael Hemphill provided a response in today's Roanoke Times Editorial section. There are three sides to every story - the truth, the lie, and the in-between - but I still contend that Radford's a university on the move; and that can only be good...

Have you heard?  There are a few things happening in the financial sector that are probably giving you cause for concern.  Truth bet told, they've given a lot of us cause for concern ... Just a quick note to let you know that there are home loans currently being funded, just as Mark Weddle and  D...