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The Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech is hosting a talk by author Beth Macy from 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb....

Submitted photoAs an urban old-growth forest, the Stadium Woods is exceptionally rare on a college central campus. The woods are...

Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org Worried about the speed and volume of traffic on their residential street, members of the newly built...

Liz Kirchner Communitnews@ourvalley.org A view of rail bridges crossing the New River into Radford in the 1890s. There have been...

Lisa Bass Contributing writer Photo by Lisa BassKristi Snyder and Jim Flowers discuss early childhood education issues at a recent...

Casey and Stacey Phillips with American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall receiving their award Casey and Stacey Phillips of...

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...