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The Town of Christiansburg is now accepting applications for candidates for the Christiansburg Planning Commission. The Planning Commission is an...

Three basic rider motorcycle weekend courses are being offered at New River Community College in July. The Basic Rider Course...

The Blacksburg Breakfast Lions Club will host Lion’s on the Lake, an 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. picnic, on Saturday,...

Solitude, the small peaceful house, where slavery, colonization and war were enacted, is now embraced as a contested space where...

Radford University senior, Mercedes Scales, has joined the paper as a summer intern. The News Messenger and the Radford News...

Kitty City, a colony of homeless cats in West Radford, is tended by Edwin Ramos who lives nearby. Over the...

Marty Gordon The town of Christiansburg has announced six grants to local businesses under a new façade program. Assistant Town...

Children are 75% less likely to die or sustain serious injury in a rear-facing seat, research finds. So, on July...

Montgomery County Kids’ Fishing Day sponsored by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, U.S. Forest Service and the Montgomery...

Pineapple is as sweet as her name and she’s a beauty to boot! Her kittens found homes fairly quickly, and...