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

On August 22, members of the Claytor Lake Regional Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a residence located...

“Menagerie has always been one of the most popular shows at the Center for the public. That’s why we keep...

A Winter Springs man is facing several charges after he allegedly sent pictures and videos to whom he thought was...

A detailed view of artist Pia Fries' "fahnenbild b" (2012). Oil on panel, 48 7/8 x 66 7/8 inches, from...

A Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researcher is serving on a new federal advisory council focused on helping stem the rise...

Three Virginia Tech researchers have each received money from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund,...

Virginia Tech students David Metzler (left) and Heidi Childs were remembered Saturday at a candlelight vigil at Caldwell Fields in...

Alexa Doiron communitynews@ourvalley.org Photos by Alexa DoironGunin Kiran, Montgomery County School Board Chair, helped to check people into the event....

Jennifer Poff Cooper Contributing writer One in six kids in Virginia lives in families that struggle with hunger. Research shows...