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Cave Spring Baptist Church Celebrates 150 Years of Ministry

In an age where a business or organization may be open one day and out of business the next, the issue of resilience is key. On September 7, Cave Spring...

Cox Employees Award $15,000 to Roanoke Nonprofits

Cox Communications employees have awarded a total of $15,000 in grants to three local nonprofits,...

SNAP cuts put 450k Virginia families at risk; PORCH Roanoke fills the gap

Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are putting Virginia families and food...

Roanoke’s 3rd annual Save a Life Day joins 50-state effort to provide overdose solutions

On September 25, 2025, all 50 states will host free naloxone events for Save a...

What Hokies need to know for Saturday’s matchup against Wofford

Dear Hokies — We’re looking forward to another exciting Saturday football game as Virginia Tech takes...

Botetourt Tops Cave Spring As Beecher Coaching Era Debuts

Cave Spring's new volleyball head coach, Kylee Beecher, got a quick indoctrination into the local Class 3 talent Tuesday night at the Knight's gym. First...

First Serves Ready For “Big-11” Volleyball Season

Serve, receive, set and kill. The 2018 high school volleyball season is ready for the first ball to go over the net and as in...

New Lancerlot Ice Rink Getting Closer To Opening

The new ice rink at the Lancerlot Sports Complex in Vinton – once home to the minor league Virginia Lancers hockey team before the...

Wild Bill’s Sports Roundup!

Well, here we are. The first Wild Bill column in our new, state-of-the-art online-only format. I've got to admit everyone in the sports department is...

Ferguson Nabs Amateur Title; Myers, Wooddy and Taylor Take Senior Divisions In 83rd Roanoke Valley Match Play

Move over cowboys. There's a new gunslinger in town. Recent Franklin County High School graduate John Hatcher Ferguson didn't flinch on the draw Sunday afternoon at Blue...

Local Fielding Brewbaker Wins Delta Dental State Open; Justin Young Low Amateur

Home, sweet home. The big winners Saturday afternoon at Ballyhack Golf Club were a pair who call the challenging Scottish Links layout their home course. Fielding...