Local Stories

  Hickok Street in Christiansburg is home to Thursday farmer’s market, but town leaders hope it can become a destination...

Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library named Karim Khan as the new Director. Kahn will begin on Aug. 18. The Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library...

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

Orie's Story, by Virginia author Gail Tansill Lambert is now available in print and e-book editions. This historical novel was...

Tim Thornton Tim Thornton recently announced his candidacy for the Montgomery County School Board District C seat. Thornton is a...

News Messenger contributing writer and Christiansburg resident Lisa Bass recently took a photo of a train crossing while walking on...

The Southern Dairies (a subsidiary of Sealtest) plant building still stands on Roanoke Street as part of the Southern States...

This year Subaru has created the Subaru Love Promise, a pledge to do right by the communities in which we...

At a recent meeting of the New River Valley Regional Commission, the Commission elected officers for the upcoming year. Member-at-Large,...

Last year’s Steppin’ Out festival hosted thousands of people for a weekend of music, shopping, food and libations in downtown...