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~ Arbitrators currently sought to mediate payment disputes under the new law ~   Starting January 1, individuals enrolled in...

New insurance coverage options are now available to Medicare-eligible Virginians under the age of 65. Individuals are now able to...

Winter is the perfect time for homeowners to make landscape changes to protect birds in cold weather and to provide...

The Salem VA Health Care System will begin COVID-19 vaccination with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 23 following the...

From elaborate obstacle courses to spinning, bungee-jumping apparatuses, people have invented ingenious ways to keep squirrels out of bird feeders....

Photo by Meg HibbertJohn Aldridge of Brown Edwards explains details of the completed annual audit to Salem City Council during...

Photo by Shawn NowlinIt may be a vacant building now, but the old Salem K-Mart should be transformed into a...

Shawn Nowlin [email protected] For those that appreciate creative yard displays and holiday decorations, Santa Claus came with an early present...

After more than 24 years with the department, Battalion Chief Tim Graham worked his last shift on December 11. Shawn...

The Salem Museum celebrates the season with a ‘Christmas in the 1940s’ living history event, a holiday-themed model train, decorations,...