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The pets-of-the-week are from the Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center. Each Saturday the News Messenger features a dog...

  Joseph David Sa The Radford City Police Department responded to the 300 block of West Main Street for a...

Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org Submitted photo“Roanoke’s Other Star”, author Richard Sarver’s second book depicts Roanoke’s small, but scrappy steel industry. He...

Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org Photos submitted by Montgomery CountyMontgomery County Stormwater Specialist John Burke uses a stream table to lead students...

Photo by Lisa BassRobotix Mechanix members (from left) Adam Crosier and John Stanley get advice from Tuxedo Panda Sebastian Wilkinson....

The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute — in partnership with the Virginia Department of Transportation — unveiled four expansions to the...

Members of the Alpha Mu Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority provided a donation of $100 to the Community...

The staff at Roses Department Store are shown on opening day in 1955. This building on West Main Street in...

The pet-of-the-week is from the Humane Society of Montgomery County (1183 Flanagan Drive) in Christiansburg. Each Wednesday the News Messenger...

Photo by Ethan BassVirginia Tech cadets and President Timothy Sands lay a wreath at War Memorial Court Friday morning. Photo...