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John Munsell, right, and volunteer Jessie Sakach plant rootlets of ramps, a type of wild onion, at Virginia Tech’s Catawba...

The following is a list of forecasted highway projects that may impact traffic traveling in the 12-county Salem Transportation District...

The Virginia Department of Health’s New River Health District, based in Christiansburg, has confirmed that a resident of the district...

Multimedia journalism major Courtney Flickinger arranges a display at Alumni Hall in Blacksburg. Like so many others, her job fell...

RU senior Haley O’Brien has won the Virginia Scholar Award, presented to a graduate who promises to be “a key...

Photo by Heather Bell - Stephanie Sutphin (left) drops off some of her homemade bread to her dad, Tom Starnes...

Carla Finkielstein (left), an associate professor of biological sciences, is coordinating COVID-19 test development on the Blacksburg campus with Rich...

In the wake of statistics that show one in four small businesses have already shut down and more than 40...

Christiansburg’s Community Foundation of the New River Valley has awarded $25,000 in its first round of grants to NRV nonprofits...

Farmers markets all across the state, including the Blacksburg Farmers Market pictured above, have had to adapt to the reality...