Local Stories

As the town of Blacksburg prepares for inevitable growth, a series of public meetings and online surveys have run from...

Attendees sit in a classic track at last year’s Coal Miner’s day. The event features a variety of vintage vehicles...

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

This year’s Steger Poetry Prize competition was so strong the judges chose to honor two more finalists than usual. Pictured...

Blacksburg embraces its rural and wild land, so this spring the town’s Community Relations Office released a notice giving best...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY--In a press release, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office alerted the public about two recent scams. “The Montgomery County...

Photo by Henry BassKevin Yu, Virginia Tech PhD candidate in Computer Engineering (from left), Mark Goodwin, VT Hume Center Deputy...

Submitted photoSuperintendent Mark Miear and school board members presented Christiansburg High School math teacher Emily Redding with flowers and balloons...

Photos by Marty GordonKali Glimore prepares to let stylist Sherry Bradley of Creative Looks in Christiansburg cut her hair to...

The tables in the community room at the Blacksburg Public Library, tidily marked “Ornamental,” “Vegetable,” “Fruit” and “ Herbs” were...