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The animals of the week are from the Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center. Each week the News Messenger...

Casey and Stacey Phillips of Montgomery County are this year’s Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Excellence in Agriculture Award...

Because of safety concerns, the Town of Christiansburg has hired a contractor to remove 18 trees in Downtown Park, on...

Today, more than at any time in history, the federal government is relying on external service providers to help carry...

Lisa Bass Contributing writer Photo by Lisa BassSonya Ravindrannath-Waddell of the Federal Bank of Richmond spoke at the Montgomery County...

Shelter Fest 2017, a concert to benefit To Our House and United Way of the New River Valley, is set...

A view of the United Way annex where the completed backpacks were being packed and sorted into Montgomery County, Radford...

Two recent ProPublica articles have been critical of the impact that the Radford Army Ammunition Plant’s open burning practices may...

Photo by Jon FlemingThe Beast, played by Bradley Kraft, sings from his castle tower with his magic mirror and enchanted...

Pictured in the photo (from left) Marg Modlin, museum board member; Meg Peterson, president of the retired teachers, Connie Turner,...