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McAfee Knob in the Cold

Stand in the Valley View Mall parking lot, look to the northwest, and it will be next to impossible to not be able to pick out McAfee Knob. It’s that piece of land that looks like a wave breaking on the crest of Catawba Mountain...

Hawk Migration

There’s an annual event in the Roanoke area that, despite having some 10,000 participants, goes unnoticed by almost everyone. Yet all you have to do is turn your eyes skyward to witness it.

The Johnson Farm

One of my earliest and fondest childhood memories is sitting by the fireplace in my grandparents’ farmhouse, watching my grandmother’s skilled fingers creating what would become an heirloom patchwork quilt...

Club Selection: Ever a Better Time?

A recent issue of Golf Digest puts the national picture for private golf clubs in blunt perspective: Clubs are “slashing initiation fees, dropping monthly dues, turning a once-elaborate screening process into a mere show-me-the-money formality.”

Taking Your Child into the Wild

When Glen Cove Elementary School second-grade teacher Chip Donahue read Richard Louv’s “Last Child in the Woods,” it confirmed his feelings that the present generation of children has what the author calls “nature deficit disorder.”

Trail Blazers

It’s early Sunday morning. The thermometer reads 27 degrees. A brisk wind is blowing. A heavy fog covers the landscape. And a few snowflakes are falling.

Roanoke Walks: Hoop Hole

The snow! The rock hops! The blue sky! They make Hoop Hole a winter treat.

Roanoke Walks: Tinker Mountain

Tinker Mountain is familiar, and unmistakable, to those who drive I- 81 north from Roanoke into Botetourt County.

We Shrink, They Grow. Why?

Five North Carolina cities have at least doubled in population since 1960; five Virginia cities have all contracted. What’s going on?

Green Ridge Rec Center: Fiscal Success or Financial Failure?

If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the roaring success of Roanoke County’s latest venture, the $30 million, taxpayer-funded Green Ridge Splash Park in north county.

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McAfee Knob in the Cold

McAfee Knob in the Cold

Stand in the Valley View Mall parking lot, look to the northwest, and it will be next to impossible to not be able to pick out McAfee Knob. It’s that piece of land that looks like a wave breaking on the crest of Catawba Mountain...
Hawk Watching Harvey Knob

Hawk Migration

There’s an annual event in the Roanoke area that, despite having some 10,000 participants, goes unnoticed by almost everyone. Yet all you have to do is turn your eyes skyward to witness it.
Johnson Farm

The Johnson Farm

One of my earliest and fondest childhood memories is sitting by the fireplace in my grandparents’ farmhouse, watching my grandmother’s skilled fingers creating what would become an heirloom patchwork quilt...

Club Selection: Ever a Better Time?

A recent issue of Golf Digest puts the national picture for private golf clubs in blunt perspective: Clubs are “slashing initiation fees, dropping monthly dues, turning a once-elaborate screening process into a mere show-me-the-money formality.”
Into the Wild Child

Taking Your Child into the Wild

When Glen Cove Elementary School second-grade teacher Chip Donahue read Richard Louv’s “Last Child in the Woods,” it confirmed his feelings that the present generation of children has what the author calls “nature deficit disorder.”
Trail Blazers

Trail Blazers

It’s early Sunday morning. The thermometer reads 27 degrees. A brisk wind is blowing. A heavy fog covers the landscape. And a few snowflakes are falling.
Hoop Hole

Roanoke Walks: Hoop Hole

The snow! The rock hops! The blue sky! They make Hoop Hole a winter treat.
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Roanoke Walks: Tinker Mountain

Tinker Mountain is familiar, and unmistakable, to those who drive I- 81 north from Roanoke into Botetourt County.
9b40ed1c-dae3-11e1-8414-1231394043be-Grow-shrink-chart

We Shrink, They Grow. Why?

Five North Carolina cities have at least doubled in population since 1960; five Virginia cities have all contracted. What’s going on?

Green Ridge Rec Center: Fiscal Success or Financial Failure?

If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the roaring success of Roanoke County’s latest venture, the $30 million, taxpayer-funded Green Ridge Splash Park in north county.
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