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 The Salem Police Department reported the following people were arrested and charged between June 27-July 3. Arrest indicates an accusation...

Photo by Shawn NowlinA volunteer holding up one of the many animals available for adoption. Becky Andrews loves animals. That...

Live animals are always a main attraction. Fair-goers enjoying the 2016 Salem Fair. There aren’t many events like the Annual...

Photo by Meg HibbertAuthor Mark O'Connell sits in bleachers in Kiwanis Field, the old stadium in Salem where Andrew Lewis High...

Photo by Sarah O’Brien 27 pianists performed in The Piano School’s 37th full studio recital at Hollins University on June...

Frank Lang Ken Kornegay Dennis Young Frank Lang of Vinton, VA, was the overall winner of the Roanoke Valley Senior...

What is your biggest accomplishment so far?   My biggest accomplishment is the success of my career.  I have been...

Submitted photoBonita Curtner On April 1, Army veteran, Bonita “Mother Goose” (Bonita’s trail name) Curtner began her sixth journey hiking...

Twenty-five years ago, some of Salem’s oldest buildings were being torn down and with them, building blocks of the city’s...

  Principal Scott Habeeb addressing the graduates inside the Salem Civic Center. Senior Salem singer Sacha Brown performing “Every Time...