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(by Dr. Richard Turner) Members of the BCAT engine building competition team who won the 2016 National Hot Rodders Challenge...

Members of the Roanoke Valley Chapter of the DAR, which meets in Vinton, donated and dedicated four Dogwood trees at...

The Salvation Army is hosting a Mother/Daughter Tea at the Vinton War Memorial on May 6. The event will benefit...

  Photo by Meg Hibbert Salem School Board Chairman David Preston and Councilmember Jane Johnson talk for a moment at...

Photos by Shawn Nowlin Largest running series in the world returns to Salem Participants push through fatigue to reach the...

Photos by Shawn Nowlin Festival attendees fill the sky with creative kites. Festivalgoers Samone Lewis, Preston Lewis and Peyton Lewis....

The Salem Police Department reported the following people were arrested and charged between April 18-24. Arrest indicates an accusation and...

Photos by Shawn Nowlin     Fishers surround one of two springs. The parks bridge offered a good vantage point...

Living (and saving!) lives on the edge... Deb and Bryan Simon Imagine if coolly dangling from the side of a...

  Bishop James Mauney, the retiring bishop of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will be...