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  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...

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....