Last Planning Commission public hearing on old BMS property development, Sept. 4
As Blacksburg decides to accept or reject the rezoning of the 22.5-acre old Blacksburg Middle School property on South Main...
Montgomery County, Radford elementary students get the wiggles out and the neurons firing
Last year, Montgomery County elementary school students had about 20 minutes for recess. Photo by Liz KirchnerPlay Unstructured play and...
A cuppa joe with Mike: Christiansburg to wake up to ‘Coffee with the Mayor’
Christiansburg mayor Mike Barber will host the first in a series of “Coffee with the Mayor” events at 8 a.m....
Heritage Day at the Montgomery Museum slated for Saturday
The Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center will celebrate local history with historical re-enactments, craft, dance, music and...
The 11th annual EastMont Tomato Festival is Saturday
The Eastmont Tomato Festival, the summer celebration of Eastern Montgomery County and all things tomato, will be held Saturday at...
Radford’s Strauss elected to National Auctioneers Board
The National Auctioneers Association elected Kelly D. Strauss to its Board of Directors at the recent 2018 International Auctioneers Conference...
Coloring in the whole picture: Family genealogist and modern record keeping reveal stories of unsung African American heroes in segregation-era Blacksburg
If you had read his obituary in the “Negro News” of the News Messenger newspaper in the summer of 1948,...
For Blacksburg’s storied Alexander Black House: A second act
After picking up and hauling the lofty, deep-porched and turreted Victorian from its original site on Main Street, it took...
Enacting democracy: How to become an election official
At a polling station at the Blacksburg public library, people gather to engage in their civic duty. Election Day officials...
Garden time is family time in Shawsville
All over the world, people raise small gardens beside or near their houses growing the fruit and vegetables that the...