Economists determine coronavirus costing China $40 billion per month and world markets $70 billion per month
Virginia Tech economists Shaowen Luo and Kwok Ping ‘Byron’ Tsang have completed a study showing the cost of the novel...
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Montgomery County officials convene public health task force
Christiansburg -- Officials from local health, public safety, education and government agencies met this week to convene the Montgomery County...
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DBI names Pointe West Management as March business member of month
Downtown Blacksburg, Inc., has announced that its Business Member of the month for March is Pointe West Management. Gus the...
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Pets of the Week
Dynamic duo Dice and Domino are a bonded pair of brothers looking for their purrfect home. They are a sweet...
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The recovery of bald eagles is one of the most incredible conservation success stories ever told.
By Matthew L. Miller I lived in Central Pennsylvania the first 30 years of my life, and never saw a...
Read moreGovernor Northam declares state of emergency, outlines measures to combat COVID-19
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam on Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Commonwealth of Virginia in response to the continued...
Read moreCongressman Griffith announces 2020 congressional art competition
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has announced the beginning of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition in Virginia’s ninth district. “Each year,...
Read moreMontgomery Chamber postpones large audience programs
In response to the coronavirus and out of a desire to keep the chamber members and employees and the general...
Read moreGina Hall story, Virginia’s first no-body trial headed to big screen
Film director Scott Mactavish has acquired the documentary rights to the true-crime book Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of...
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‘Americans and the Holocaust’ traveling exhibition coming to Virginia Tech Monday
"Americans and the Holocaust" traveling exhibition will be located on the second floor of Newman Library in Blacksburg from March...
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