Ralph Berrier Jr.'s Riffs listens to the regional music scene.

• You can always go home to Galax
• A big-time concert tour will once again stop in Roanoke

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

• How fresh is that food in your fridge? Depends.
• Summer of growth

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

• There's more to wine pairings than food
• It's July. It's hot out. Got Gruner?

Larry Bly has restaurant reviews and a recipe of the day

• New pub offers feed first
• Red Clay discovered in Rocky Mount

Gardening with land scape consultant John Arbogast, who answers your questions about lawns, gardens, plants and insects

• Careful use of chemicals can kill locust trees once and for all
• Trimming an iris, prepping a poinsettia

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.

• Me, myself and I had a wonderful time, but don't tell
• Could be worse. Could be Moon Unit.

Running with Jenny Kincaid Boone has tips, trails and local races with a longtime runner (and business reporter)

• A five-miler at the Lake
• Virtual running

Age matters with Dr. Michael Camardi. The Roanoke geriatrician at Carilion's Center for Healthy Aging answers your questions about caring for the elderly.

• A column for your questions about aging

Biking with Dan Casey: Everything you need to know about biking in the Blue Ridge -- and beyond

• Everything you need to know about visiting Roanoke with your bike
• Dan Casey's Blue Ridge Biking Archive

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

• Wanted: Smith Mountain Lake muskie -- $10,000 reward!
• All kinds of changes in hunting regulations

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.

• Invisible fences aren’t best option for every dog
• Wrap pets in protection this holiday season

• Losing human connection
• Nighttime shows us infinity and mystery

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.

• Don't be fooled by rising moon that appears to shrink
• The sharpest show in the sky is directly above

Libba Wolfe: In Libba's words: She's no gardening expert, but she's passing on tips from her experience and gardening gurus in Southwest Virginia.

• Invest in the future: Plant a tree
• Plan before planting trees

Steve Huff is a family physician from Patrick County.

• Time to reshuffle the deck
• Knowing where to draw the line

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

• An unappealing appeal to envy
• A new world order arrives

Linda Whitlock is an adjunct English professor who lives in Salem

• Soul food
• Making do on less

Ray Stubblefield

• Biking on the open road
• A summer spent on repairs