Columnists
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News columnists
Dan Casey is The Roanoke Times' metro columnist. His column appears three times a week, on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What's on your mind? with Tom Angleberger: The New River Valley-based reporter answers your questions
Kevin Myatt's Weather Journal: Weather on Wednesdays and Saturdays -- and a weather blog for the rest of the week
From the newsroom with Michael Stowe: Read the twice monthly column by Managing Editor Michael Stowe and Editor Carole Tarrant
From the newsroom with Carole Tarrant: Read the twice monthly column by Managing Editor Michael Stowe and Editor Carole Tarrant
Spanish@roanoke.com: Ricardo Valdivieso covers the issues important to Spanish speakers in Southwest Virginia. | Valdivieso se escribe sobre las temas importantes para los Hispanos en el suroeste de Virginia.
Sports columnists
Doug Doughty's Notebook Plus is all Hokies and 'Hoos, inside and out.
Randy King's Virginia Tech Insider is all Tech, all the time
Entertainment columnists
Ben Beagle: The aging, semi-hysterical retired reporter rides shotgun with the greatest station wagon driver of them all down the rocky road of life.
Lindsey Nair's Front Burner is all about food in the Roanoke Valley: On your table, in your kitchen and on the town -- plus a blog and recipes for everything in between
Gordon Kendall's Good Libations takes you from the history of gin to decoding winespeak to finding an affordable Champagne
Lifestyle columnists
Gardening with land scape consultant John Arbogast, who answers your questions about lawns, gardens, plants and insects
Starshine Roshell, an award-winning journalist and overwhelmed mother of two, waxes sassy on parenting, kids, fashion — and everything else a modern gal loves to dish about — in her twice-monthly column.
Age matters with Dr. Michael Camardi. The Roanoke geriatrician at Carilion's Center for Healthy Aging answers your questions about caring for the elderly.
Bill Cochran's outdoors is field reports, hunting, fishing and wildlife in Southwest Virginia
Jill Bowen has practiced veterinary medicine in England and Texas and has taught at Texas A&M. She answers all your pet questions in her weekly Paws & Claws column.
Liza Field's Field Notes is poetry in motion
John Goss' Astronomy from the chairman of the Mid-East Region of the Astronomical League and a former president of the Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society.
Neeli Reamer: Down to earth, she believes gardening isn't about being perfect, it's about having fun.
Editorial columnists
Steve Huff is a family physician from Patrick County.
John Long is director of the Salem Museum and a history teacher at Roanoke College.
Linda Whitlock is an adjunct English professor who lives in Salem





