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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 [email protected]  In less than two weeks, Salem voters will decide who will serve as the city’s next...

By Shawn Nowlin [email protected]  An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Special Agent from the Glenvar area named Adam Daniels was...

Apple-picking season is in full gear, and despite near-drought conditions that persisted throughout summer, Virginia growers are reporting their harvests...

Fall is harvest time for most grain farmers. But growers in eastern Virginia use autumn to plant next year’s wheat...

-General Fund revenue collections up 18.4 percent from the previous year- Governor Ralph Northam recently announced that September General Fund...

The Salem-Roanoke County Food Pantry is scheduled to move to its new, permanent quarters at 829 Indiana Street in East...