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Yeabsira Lemma A 19-year-old man was taken into police custody on two counts of Rape (felony) and two counts of...

This eight-room brick school was built in 1907 on East Main Street in Christiansburg. It served as Christiansburg High School...

The pets-of-the-week come from the Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center. Each Saturday the News Messenger features a dog...

Photo Courtesy of Radford UniversityRadford University and Jefferson College of Health Sciences announced plans to merge in the next 18-24...

Chamber’s 2018 Board of Directors: (from left) James Cabler, Ashish Malothra, Melinda Dunford, Alan Fabian, Mark Woolwine, Margaret Galecki, Paul...

Bill Roth During a classroom presentation last spring, a Virginia Tech student described his favorite team — the Philadelphia Eagles...

NRV Leading Lights is actively seeking volunteer award nominations from Montgomery County. Winners in 2017 from Montgomery County were Scott...

Bernie Anderson Bernie Anderson recently became Atmos Energy’s Operation Manager of their east Tennessee and southwest Virginia service area; which...

Customers of Appalachian Power in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee continue to be targets of scam artists. The latest scam...

Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org RADFORD---Workshops, parking, landlords, wooing and building a middle-income citizenry were among the subjects explored at a business...