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    It is that time of year again when everyone I know who has a garden are offering me zucchini.  This...

Brian Hoffman From the July 13, 1994 edition of The New Castle Record   Don’t buy me anything for my birthday....

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

Virginia’s sales tax holiday weekend stretches the budget Bonnie Cranmer Contributing writer For the weekend of Aug. 2-4, Virginia shoppers...

A northern flicker, a type of woodpecker, is one of the many birds that can be found in Craig County....

The latest New Castle Mud Run was held over the weekend, with 102 drivers competing. The number marked a new...

Design is underway with construction expected to begin in fall 2025 The Commonwealth Transportation Board at its July 16 meeting...

PennellCourtesy photo ROANOKE – Virginia Western Community College recently welcomed Dr. Kelley Pennell as the college’s new nursing director in...

       When I moved to Salem in 1983, I was thrilled to learn that one of my favorite cooking...

By Brian Hoffman From the July 6, 1994 edition of The New Castle Record      Thank you very much, but it...