NRV Community Foundation scholarship application closing soon
Submitted by Lindsey R. Gleason, Assistant Director, Community Foundation of the NRV CHRISTIANSBURG – Students are encouraged to apply to...
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Virginia farmers prepare for more agricultural advocacy
Photo courtesy Virginia Farm Bureau Some of Virginia’s farmers will help inform state legislators about issues important to farming and...
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Virginia Tech alumnus Mark Sikes named dean of students
Mark Sikes will return home to Hokie Nation as Virginia Tech’s next dean of students effective Jan. 17. Photo by...
Read moreNonviolent activist, storyteller, author George Lakey to speak in Blacksburg on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Nonviolent activist, storyteller, and author George Lakey will speak in Blacksburg on Monday, Jan. 16, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day....
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Glencoe Mansion to unveil new exhibit on slavery in Appalachia
An enslaved family on the plantation of Dr. William F. Gaines, Hanover County, Virginia. Photo by George Harper Houghton. Courtesy of...
Read moreFormer Superintendent Mark Miear announces his candidacy for school board
By Ed McMinn, Editor, News Messenger Mark Miear (@MarkMiear)/Twitter Former Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Miear announced Tuesday, Jan....
Read moreAcademy Sports to join The Christiansburg Marketplace
Submitted by Andrea Hammond, Public Relations, Uncork-it Inc. CHRISTIANSBURG – Academy Sports + Outdoors has signed a lease to open...
Read moreVirginia Gas prices increase by ten cents per gallon
Average gasoline prices in Virginia rose by ten cents per gallon last week, averaging $3.18 per gallon as of Monday,...
Read moreHome Country by Slim Randles: “Lightning storms and hot tubs”
There was Steve, our resident cowboy, sitting at the round table in the Mule Barn Truck Stop, doodling on paper....
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UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, Jan. 14: So You Want to Be a Beekeeper At the Christiansburg Library; 1:30 to 3 p.m....
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