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(From left) Keegan O'Hara and Tess Thompson get the soil core set before running erosion trials. As flooding intensifies worldwide,...

With joyful hearts, the Montgomery County Relay For Life is excited to welcome back the Relay For Life Survivor’s Banquet...

Wednesday, May 27:   Blacksburg Farmers Market At Market Square Park, 100 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, 2- 6 p.m. The...

Corey Brookman Following a lengthy investigation, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division executed a search warrant on Friday,...

Castillo Alberto Bruzual On May 19, 2026, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Merrimac Road area of Blacksburg...

Several community volunteers were named NRV Leading Lights Distinguished Recipients at a recent ceremony. Photo courtesy of NRV Leading Lights...

Marty Gordon NRVsports@mainstreetnewspapers.com Work has begun on renovations of the roof at the Montgomery County Courthouse. This is a capital...

Marty Gordon NRVsports@mainstreetnewspapers.com A new Fairfield Inn hotel is being planned for Blacksburg, and town council has given their approval...

Blacksburg leaders opened the Meadowbrook Greenway this past week after almost two years of construction. Photo by Marty Gordon Marty...

US Bicycle Route 76 connects Christiansburg and Radford along Mud Pike Road (Route 666). Fifty years ago, when this route...