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VINTON--Marni Smith is a Vinton librarian; Libby Weiner works in medical billing; Dr. Justine Crowley is an orthopedic surgeon with...

VINTON--The Virginia Highland Pipes and  Drums is the oldest bagpipe band in southwestern Virginia, formed in the 1980’s. The bagpipe...

Ben Lockhart and Ervin Farmer are still alive because they decided to drive rather than fly in 1968. Submitted photo.Forty-eight...

Attendees of the Tuesday night meeting look at a map of the proposed nursing home. Photo by Kelsey Bartlett.Around 80...

What is Your Experience with the Roanoke, VA, Processing Facility? That’s the question the US Postal Service Inspector General is...

Jonathan Snyder, ClickList supervisor, demonstrates how electronic devices and six-order carts are used by selectors. Photo by Kelsey Bartlett.Today, Spartan...

Salem High School is one of nine schools in the state to be awarded a $50,000 grant by the Virginia...

Salem native Nathan Auldridge will travel to the DNC this month.For most of 2005, Nathan Auldridge was a carefree college...

The new emblem is designed by Erin Barger of SFD. Submitted photos. The fire department’s current patch will be replaced...

Pictured (from left), are Salem City Council members James Martin, Councilwoman Jane Johnson, Mayor Randy Foley, Vice Mayor John Givens...