Riding your bike to work is easy.  It’s the hair that’s hard.  A news anchor tries to go green.

There is nothing more dear than one’s family; but that doesn’t mean that’s one’s family cannot drive you to the brink of insanity.  Or bankruptcy.

The newest advice for your kids, since “Eat your vegetables.”

John commits a fashion faux pas and doesn’t seem to care.  Hmmm.

The back story to the Peabody announcement

Spring brings rebirth and realization on a rainy day spent with a teenage son.

John ran and finished the Bel Monte 50 k (31 mile) ultra marathon on Saturday.  In a word it was “hard.” Here’s what else it was.

John had been blogging about the upcoming Bel Monte Ultra marathon.  Well it’s ultra marathon week, and John is testing his readiness.

You’ve heard John talk about running over mountains, cycling the Blue Ridge Parkway and helping police catch the most wanted fugitives.  But did you know this about him?

The wind and the fires did significant damage to Carvins Cove.  John took a 24 mile tour.

After years of cycling up Bent Mountain, John attempts it on foot.

WSLS-10 is now producing a weekly publication called Crime Tracker.  It includes the crime coverage from WSLS-10, as well as public information such as arrests, warrants and calls for service from police departments in the Roanoke Valley.  It’s available for free at local Stop-In stores.

John gets a unique perspective on Sunday’s wind storm from the ridgeline on the Appalachian trail, during an epic trek.

Is there a reason the trail always has such pretty curves? 

After several years of blogging, I’m on to the next phase: Vlogs. That’s an abbreviation for “video blog”. I just recorded my first one. What do you think of it?

John continues his quest to run 31 miles in a March ultra marathon.  This day he travels to the course for a look at what he’s facing.

What’s a marathoner to do next?

For the first time in ages, we took a pet on Christmas vacation.  It seemed so much easier to bring Moose, a 10 pound Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, than Torch our 80 pound, 11 year old Lab.  For most of the last decade, Torch and the late Brittany, Joe were too big to lug along on these trips.

Surveillance video leading to nearly 50 solved burglaries in Roanoke County.

The Dodge Charger police car for Roanoke City Police.

The problems started a few years back, in the year 2000, with the movie, O Brother Where Art Thou?

Police surveillance camera watching criminal activities at the park.

Think about the recent big news stories:  A plan for revitalized parks in Roanoke

Murray Run Greenway dedicated to Dan Wright.

Annual Carlin Chronicles Fishing Picture Competition.

Local Greenways’ 5k race sponsed by John Carlin.

24-7 Prostitution on Day Avenue leaves residents complaining.

VT students, the next generation of media, expresses their opinions about media coverage of the Cho “manifesto.”