The recent adoption of ordinance 1450 in the town of Blacksburg simply requires a special use permit for the construction of new retail operations in the town which would exceed 85,000 square feet of developed area.

Josh Bressel left the Virginia Tech ROTC as a freshman to join the infantry for a tour of duty in Iraq. This is his story.

Academia enters the world of frames, bubbles, and bad color schemes.

Flash Clark asks about race and poetry and the writer and poet's responses hint at the sublime.

Lee Everett compares life in the art capital of the world with life in the 16 blocks, what could possibly be different?

Artful sophistication brought to you with cascading crystal chandeliers shedding their incandescent light upon the neatly worn black hard wood floors.

When you think of the Blacksburg YMCA, you might think of the beloved thrift store

Local producer/sound engineer Tim "Hope" Kirk is one of the most sought after in the region.

I started painting and sculpting during my brief employment as a museum guard at The Menil Collection in Houston during

Miller Off Main art gallery and custom framing.

Wireless zone owner Jason Tice is getting in on the South Main development, but that doesn't mean he likes Wal-Mart.

With Assassin's Creed the creative and design teams that brought us Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Brothers in

Torture is as torture does.

Isn't it odd how humanity depends on sex simply for the species to exist but, at the same time cloaks it with constructs of immorality, profanity, and criminality?

I thought a lot about my Grandaddy Ellis Covey when I wrote about Josh Bressel and his tour of duty in Iraq.

Five questions with John Ficara whose photography show "Distant Echoes: Black Farmer's in America" is displayed in Squires "Perspective Gallery"

Tech student Qiongdan Xie talks about being home after 3 years away.