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Knowing that Virginia Tech is expecting 5,000 new undergraduate students by 2022, Blacksburg approached existing student housing developments to see...

The Town of Christiansburg has agreed to help fund the expansion of Falling Branch Corporate Park in a joint effort...

Each Saturday the paper features a dog and a cat from the Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center (480...

Of the millions of Americans who find themselves unable to vote on Nov. 6, four million of them are young...

Sixty years ago, the Advanced Research Projects Agency was given the task of staving off surprises. Steven Walker The Soviet...

In the ongoing search for strong, lightweight materials, researchers are looking at sea urchins, which have spines made of chalk,...

The Radford Photo Club met August 30 at the Radford Public Library. The theme for August was "humor." Photo by...

Families throughout the New River Valley have already sent their children back to school. This year’s United Way Stuff the...

Photo by Liz KirchnerBlacksburg’s local steel drum band The Panjammers welcomed a dozen newcomers to play at its open house...

When Firefly Hill Vineyards found out that nearly all of its crop had been stolen, the owners took to social...