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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...

WASHINGTON—Establishing a songbird habitat benefits at-risk birds and plays an important role in helping conserve other vulnerable species. According to...

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

  Nan Gray represented the Maywood Garden Club and received the proclamation presented by Board Chair Jesse Spence. Bonnie Cranmer...

  Lily Hutchison ROANOKE—Officials with the Bobby Scruggs Charitable Foundation recently announced the winners of its scholarships for 2024.  ...

  Throughout the week, 4-H Center staff, teen counselors and adult leaders emphasized six pillars of character in all program...

Betsy, my shih tzu, has a bubble machine.  She likes to chase bubbles and was going through solution fast.  I...