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Columnists

News | Sports | Entertainment | Lifestyle | Editorial

News columnists



Dan Casey

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

Kevin Kittredge

What's on your mind? with Kevin Kittredge: The former Roanoke Times reporter answers your questions.

Kevin Myatt

Kevin Myatt's Weather Journal: Weather on Wednesdays and Saturdays -- and a weather blog for the rest of the week

Michael Stowe

From the newsroom with Michael Stowe: Read the twice monthly column by Managing Editor Michael Stowe and Editor Carole Tarrant

Carole Tarrant

From the newsroom with Carole Tarrant: Read the twice monthly column by Managing Editor Michael Stowe and Editor Carole Tarrant

Ricardo Valdivieso

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

Doug Doughty's Notebook Plus is all Hokies and 'Hoos, inside and out.



Entertainment columnists



Lindsey Nair

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

Gordon Kendall's Good Libations takes you from the history of gin to decoding winespeak to finding an affordable Champagne


Lifestyle columnists



Ralph Berrier Jr.

Ralph Berrier Jr. writes The Dadline for The Roanoke Times every other Monday.

Nona Nelson

Nona Nelson writes The Happy Wag for The Roanoke Times twice monthly.

Starshine Roshell.

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.

Dr. Michael Camardi

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

Bill Cochran's outdoors is field reports, hunting, fishing and wildlife in Southwest Virginia

Jill Bowen

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.

John Goss

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.


Editorial columnist



John Long

John Long is director of the Salem Museum and a history teacher at Roanoke College.

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