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A 41-year-old Burke man, Justin Christopher Narcisse, has been sentenced to prison after entering an Alford Plea in connection with...

The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) has announced the launch of the New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Feasibility Study,...

Jersey Mike’s Subs, known for its fresh sliced/fresh grilled subs, will open at 2745 Market St. in Christiansburg on today,...

From left: Robert Hawkins, executive director of the Near Southwest Preparedness Alliance, presents Blacksburg Police Chief Anthony Wilson and Dr....

Paula Alston (right) of the Rotary Club of Blacksburg and chair of Rotary District 7570’s Hunger Initiative, hands a donation...

Two gray partridges, the birds that would have been most familiar to the originators of the song. So it’s the...

Alerted by their cats, the Wild family discovered a boomslang, one of Africa’s deadliest snakes, lurking in the branches of...

The Alpine legend of Krampus the Christmas devil is the original Bad Santa. Little, Becky. “Meet Krampus, the Christmas devil...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced recently that Montgomery County has received a $27.6 million Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant to...

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Friday that Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent in November, the lowest it has...