Local Stories

     As Thanksgiving gets closer, my coworkers and I, here at the paper, are discussing which sides to make for the...

Virginia Western President Dr. Robert H. Sandel (center) is pictured with recipients of 2023-24 general scholarships awarded by the Virginia...

TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly): All ages are invited to participate in the non-judgmental program at the Salem Senior Center...

The Salem VA Health Care System will hold a town hall for Veterans Thursday, Nov. 7 beginning at 12 p.m....

INTERSTATE 81 LANE WIDENING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT EXIT 137 TO EXIT 141 – The $179 million design-build project to widen both...

Photo by Meg Hibbert Salem Rescue Squad Personnel Lt. Tim Gillinger, left, Training Lt. Darlene Gee and Assistant Chief Brian...

Yards throughout Salem have been transformed in anticipation of Halloween on Thursday. Local Halloween celebrations will conclude with citywide trick-or-treating...

     Happy Halloween! Time for another dinner and a movie. Picture this, 1985 at the old Grandin Theater.  I was...

By Meg Hibbert Contributing Writer At its Oct. 28 meeting, Salem City Council set a $115,122 erosion and sediment control...

ROANOKE – Thanks to the private-public community partnership that funds the Community College Access Program (CCAP), 489 students are attending...