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Bonsai and Japanese Gardening Class taught by Jackie Fujikawa: Born and raised in Japan and came to the United States...

Interstate 81   INTERSTATE 81 LANE WIDENING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT EXIT 137 TO EXIT 141 – The $179 million design-build project to...

The Talent Summit was held on Thursday, March 7 in the Cregger Center. Photos courtesy of Roanoke Regional Partnership. Aila...

Salem resident Barbara Bell tells Salem City Council concerns about proposed housing development on the HopeTree campus, particularly how it...

The event will be on Saturday, March 16.Courtesy image The regional writers’ group, Persiflage Writers, will hold its first mass...

For more than 30 years, the professors in Roanoke College’s Education Department have been training and preparing students to enter...

Patrick Henry JollyCourtesy photo  Revolutionary War patriot Patrick Henry is often referred to as “The Voice of Liberty.” His colleagues,...

     As March moves along, the St. Patrick’s Day holiday observes the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland....

Civil War BulletsCourtesy photo Unlike many communities across the commonwealth, Salem was spared much of the destruction caused by the...

Cynthia Bowen’s 7th grade English class at Andrew Lewis Middle School celebrated Read Across America Day earlier this month with...