Upcoming Events:
Friday, Dec. 4 Blacksburg Reverse Holiday Parade Due to the impact of COVID-19, the Town of Blacksburg will be...
Read more
Local Stories
Forest Service conducting controlled burns in Montgomery
The USDA Forest Service began conducting two controlled burns in Montgomery County on Thursday, Nov. 19. The burns will continue...
Read moreBlacksburg launches citizen engagement platform ‘Let’s Talk Blacksburg’
Tuesday, Nov. 17, the Town of Blacksburg launched a community engagement platform called Let’s Talk Blacksburg. The new platform is...
Read more
VT lab’s ‘sweat rig’ proves the concept of a natural approach to antiperspirants
Sweat rig: The Nature-Inspired Fluids and Interfaces Lab created a simulated sweat gland experiment to test the theory of natural...
Read more
RU Art Museum receives donations celebrating North India’s Dalit artists
The Radford University Art Museum recently received a donation of twenty-three paintings from the Mithila region of northern India. Radford...
Read more
Study: African continent is separating, Madagascar splitting into pieces, just not quickly
Geosciences doctoral student Tahiry Rajaonarison sets up a GPS instrument in northern Madagascar. Behind Tahiry is the Indian Ocean and...
Read moreGovernor’s new statewide COVID-19 measures include limit on gatherings, expanded maski mandate, on-site alcohol curfew, increased enforcement
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Friday announced a new round of statewide measures in an attempt to contain outbreaks of COVID-19...
Read moreGovernor announces support for legalizing adult-use marijuana in Virginia
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Monday announced that he will introduce and support legislation to legalize marijuana in the Commonwealth of...
Read more
VT music students teach young musicians through the String Project
James Kim, a first-year music education student, instructs a Montgomery County student. They both donned Halloween costumes for a special...
Read more
Virginia cotton, peanut harvests delayed by damp fall
Virginia’s cotton and peanut harvests are lagging due to a series of disruptive weather events, and the threat of additional...
Read more