By Douglas Martin Douglas Martin sat at a wooden podium just inside the automatic doors of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital...

Former baseball star Sam Ewing once said, “Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some...

Rico Turner and his fiancée Emily Christian had a blended family, including four children. Turner was just 27 when he...

Chris Shelor explaining to voters why he is the right individual to serve as Salem Sheriff earlier this month Shawn...

By Shawn Nowlin shawn.nowlin@ourvalley.org  In less than two weeks, Salem voters will decide who will serve as the city’s next...

By Shawn Nowlin shawn.nowlin@ourvalley.org  An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Special Agent from the Glenvar area named Adam Daniels was...

The Glenvar football team is two wins away from being the top seed in the Region 2C tournament. Glenvar defeated...

Salem’s Billy Miles was one of five new members in the Franklin County High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The...

The family of Col. Dan Semore Leonard announces with great sorrow his passing in October 2021, at age 91. He...

By Frances Stebbins, Correspondent   With the recent retirement of Dr. Kevin Kelleher, who wrote a column on medical issues,...