Built-in Community
Research-backed architecture transformed Montgomery County’s dog pound into its animal care and adoption center. Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org Two weeks ago,...
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FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS Salem Host Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., dinner and a program, Salem Civic Center. SECOND MONDAY...
Read moreRadical ecumenism marks Unitarian-Universalists
To some people of faith in the Roanoke Valley the word “ecumenism” is enough to turn them off, for it...
Read moreVFW offers free entry to local Veterans at upcoming football game
Pam Dudding-Burch Contributing writer There will never be a time or place where Veterans aren’t welcomed in Craig County. That...
Read moreCraig County King and Queen Homecoming
Photo by Jim DevinneyDalton Frango and Brianna Charlton were named King and Queen at the Craig County Homecoming game on...
Read moreGovernor helps tap Ballast Point’s first keg of beer from its new East Coast brewery in Botetourt
Botetourt County Administrator Gary Larrowe, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, other state officials and Ballast Point and Constellation Brands officials gathered...
Read moreDARE program benefits youth
Pam Dudding-Burch Contributing writer Not too many people in life have gone without someone at least once saying, “I dare...
Read more‘The Lookout’ lives up to its name
Pam Dudding-Burch Contributing writer As Donna Mills Carper drove down the meandering roads of Route 42, she paused as she...
Read moreMore details surface on Beckett’s arrest
New information has come out this week in the arrest of a Virginia Tech football player on drug charges. In...
Read moreMiear recognized for communication efforts
Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Miear has transformed the communication culture in MCPS through an innovative social media approach...
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