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Richard Smith Contributing writer Each year, “Darwin Day” on Feb. 12 celebrates the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. At Roanoke...

  The first months of 2017 mark the end of Preservation50, a remarkable year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of...

Alexa Doiron Contributing writer The Preston House has been a long-standing fixture in Salem since its original construction in 1788....

   Richard Smith, Contributing writer Submitted photoAlex Burke, background, providing details about the exhibit. Saturday, February 11 marked the premier...

Shawn Nowlin, shawn.nowlin@ourvalley.org Photo by Shawn NowlinKumon employees Erin Holland and Shila Patolia. Years ago, the Salem Civic Center agreed...

Meg Hibbert Contributing writer Fran Ferguson has come home. The new executive director of the Salem Museum grew up in...

Meg Hibbert Contributing writer A long-awaited hotel and restaurant next to the Salem Civic Center moved closer to reality this...

  In the past six years Soup for Seniors, thanks to people of good will from congregations, schools, civic groups...

  Lisa Carol Jeffreys and Thomas Walker Duncan were married on November 19, 2016, at Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville...

Members of the Virginia General Assembly recently sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao requesting that she suspend...