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Local Stories from the New Castle Record.
Sun shines on Roanoke Valley Wine Company
SALEM – Rob and Beth Crittenden became wine geeks and fell in love with Oregon wines about the time they...
Read moreDetailsClingenpeel of Roanoke County Fire and Rescue wins Governor’s Award
VINTON--Brian Clingenpeel has received the 2012 Governor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to EMS for Children. Clingenpeel is the Public Education...
Read moreDetailsMeningitis outbreak hits home: friends remember Diana Reed
Friends and family are remembering a former Christiansburg woman who died last week from complications associated with fungal meningitis as...
Read moreDetailsWorld War II bomber pilot Russell Robinson flies again
VINTON--Four US Army Air Corps veterans from World War II were recently invited by retired Navy Commander Dr. Clare Weidman...
Read moreDetails13 students taken to hospital after Botetourt bus wreck
Thirteen middle school and high school students were injured enough to be taken to a Roanoke hospital this morning after...
Read moreDetailsPostal carriers to collect canned items
You may have gotten a special delivery in your mailbox this week, in the form of a postcard from the...
Read moreDetailsLiteracy is a possible 39 point Scrabble word, and a lot more
Blue Ridge Literacy, formerly Literacy Volunteers of Roanoke Valley, held its seventh annual Scrabble Tournament on March 22. For the...
Read moreDetailsGuzi named Botetourt County Administrator
BOTETOURT - Kathleen Guzi didn’t have to go far to find a new county administrator’s job. Friday afternoon, the Botetourt...
Read moreDetailsVa. Tech Shooter is identified
BLACKSBURG, VA - Virginia State Police have identified a Spotsylvania County man as the subject responsible for the murder-suicide that...
Read moreDetailsSlain Virginia Tech officer identified
BLACKSBURG, Va., Dec. 8, 2011 – Virginia Tech Police have identified the officer murdered today during a traffic stop on...
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