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Photo by Meg Hibbert Franklin County Master Gardeners Alba Papa and husband Bill hold a copy of their landscaping book,...

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) meeting with Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Adam Nelson before a recent hearing of the...

  Richard Smith Contributing writer Saturday, Feb. 18 marked the 4th annual ‘Spring Fling’ Craft and Vendor Show for Salem...

  The Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud Program (IFP) today released its 2016 Annual Report, which details the efforts made...

Officer Spencer St. Cyr     Salem’s Police Officer of the Year for 2016 is a young man credited with...

 Congressman Griffith joined President Trump at the White House for the February 16 signing of H.J.Res.38    

  Roughly half of all small business owners say regulations are a “very serious” or “somewhat serious problem,” according to new...

Submitted photo The Hurts enjoy dinner as a family.   Dick and Marie Hurt, longtime locals, recently celebrated 65 years...

Meg Hibbert, Contributing writer (Photo by Meg Hibbert) Kirk Barrett, right, former northeast sales director for Smithfield, and former Salem...

  The consensus is that any brave man or woman that join the military to defend the United States of...