Hager-Smith v National Voter Registration Day
Of the millions of Americans who find themselves unable to vote on Nov. 6, four million of them are young...
Making apple butter reflects change and tradition in local agriculture and community
Photo by Ben CrawfordLong-time Mt. Tabor Ruritan members, David Ansley (left) and Arnold Lafon, are at the Wytheville Cannery practicing...
Keeping time: community chorus revives traditional community sing-alongs
Standing in the grass on a late summer afternoon outside of the old Newport Elementary and High School, a storm...
Council schedules meetings dedicated to combing OBMS rezoning details
Blacksburg Town Council will dedicate three meetings, Oct. 16, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6 to review and consideration of the...
Grassroots campaign talks community, schools, small business and soil
This week, under a magnificent, hurricane-scrubbed sky, the clover meadow at Riner’s Sinkland Farm was filling with Ram 1500 hemis...
In Christiansburg, partnership positivity and goats are the leitmotif of three late summer phenomena
A deeper reading: take a book, leave your neighbor a thoughtful note Built by Glen Buss of Honeywood Acres,...
Blacksburg Planning Commission approves re-zoning of old Blacksburg Middle School property 7 to 1
Following a three-hour public hearing during which scores of Blacksburg citizens stood to voice support, worry and dismay, the Blacksburg...
Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley host ‘Potter in the Park’
To the dramatic “Harry Potter” movie soundtrack, Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley Director Linda Jilk, in Hufflepuff House...
Blacksburg Town Council meeting brief, but sets stage for consequential events
Brief but significant, the Aug. 28 Blacksburg Town Council meeting lasted fewer than seven minutes, but demonstrated a council’s role...
Meadowbrook Museum raising funds to replace historic marker
No one knows what happened, but the tall silver and black historic marker recognizing “Fotheringay” the handsome, 18th century house...