The Knight Rider is on a temporary hiatus from publishing due to waining interest from student writers.  The paper will remain available for archived stories to be accessed however, it will not be updated until a nonfiction writing class is developed.  We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your readership! Sarah Polan, Retiring Editor in Chief

This years World Cup is set to begin on June 11th and end four weeks later on July 11th. It will be the first time in history that the World Cup will be hosted by an African country. Most of the high profile matches including the championship will be played in the newly renovated Soccer [...]

On Tuesday December 5th, I was greeted by four flying saucer shaped generators. More reminiscent of “Area 51″ Nevada, than the New River Valley in Virginia, the Dam, built back in 1939 is still the largest of the company’s 12 hydroelectric plants, with a total generating capacity of 83,000 Kilowatts. In 1944 the people surrounding [...]

The cold hard truth has been there since you first laid eyes on that syllabus back in August. Final exams in December seemed so far away during those first weeks of class, when the tan was still glowing and shorts and tank tops were the wardrobe of choice. The cold mountain wind is blowing now [...]

Many adults in America remember November from their childhood as a time to make paper turkeys and learn about some strangely dressed people called Pilgrims.  Celebrating Thanksgiving meant time off from school, parades on television and endless lessons in history class about a distant day of feasting and cooperation among the Native Americans and Pilgrims [...]

The 30th annual Bridge Day festival offered plenty of thrills for the thousands of spectators who came out in the cold to watch 450 BASE (Building, Antenna, Span and Earth) jumpers from around the globe jump the 876 feet down to the New River in Fayetteville West Virginia on October 17th. This is the largest extreme sports gathering [...]

This past weekend, the parking lot below Rooker hall was used by a group of people from four different states as a training arena for an unusual class. NRCC offers a 3 day Motorcycle Sidecar/Trike Safety Class that is only offered in four other states, it is so rare that it enticed people to travel from Mariatta [...]

Most of the students at NRCC have driven past the windmill in front on the Volvo Plant and some may often wonder why it is there! Well, members of the Alternative and Hybrid Energy class ELE 176, had a chance to inspect the 80 foot high, 23 ft span, 10 Kilo Watt, Wind Turbine generator [...]

Robbin Thompson, whose long career took off when Bruce Springsteen recruited him to sing with Steel Mill, Springsteen’s early band, will perform in Richardson Auditorium in Rooker Hall at New River on Thursday, October 8th from 1:30 to 2:30.   Many students will recognize Thompson’s hits “Sweet Virginia Breeze,” “Brite Eyes,” and “Candy Apple Red.” [...]

The results are in and the students of New River Community College have selected their representatives for the Student Government Association for Fall 2009.  The new President is Meagan Willis and Felicia Hoston will serve as Vice President.  The new Secretary is Leanna Ramage and the Treasurer is Mitiku Gelagai.  Wesley Smith, Callie Abdewahed and Jason [...]