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Sweet potatoes or yams: What’s really on your Thanksgiving table?

It's harvest season for sweet potatoes in Virginia. Across the southeast, farmers are busy pulling rosy, orange-fleshed vegetables from their fields – but wait, are those actually yams? “No, we...

Virginia NICA Riders Claim 25 Podiums to Close Out the Season

Over the weekend of November 8–9, athletes and teams from 11 states competed in the...

Youngkin Starts Statewide Food Drive for Shutdown-Affected Virginians

Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday announced the launch of the Virginia Cares Initiative, a Commonwealth-wide food...

COVID-19 Vaccine Co-Designer Teresa Lambe to Deliver Lecture in Roanoke

One weekend in January 2020, immunologist Teresa Lambe received an email containing a DNA sequence. Lambe,...

Lawson Awarded 9% Tax Credits for Roanoke Housing Development

Lawson, a leading real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, and management of affordable...

Homecomings in the Roanoke Valley

High school football homecomings are in full swing in the Roanoke Valley and last Friday night at Bogle Stadium Cave Spring selected its Royal...

Cave Spring Rolls in River Ridge Volleyball Sweep

Late arrivals to the Cave Spring gym Tuesday night quickly found a volleyball match half-completed. The Knights wasted little time in dispatching the visitors from...

Tennis Greats Compete in Greenbrier Tennis Classic

Four of the top names in tennis were on hand last weekend at The  Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia for the...

Wild Bill Turner’s Sports Round-Up (Sponsored by Loudmouth Golf!)

There's nothing more exciting than a big announcement, and today is certainly a milestone for the Wild Bill Column. Loudmouth Golf, one of the most...

Cave Spring Late Stop Secures 30-28 Win Over Alleghany

Friday night's shootout between Cave Spring and Alleghany at Dwight Bogle Stadium had all the makings of whichever team had the ball last would pull...

Cave Spring Sweeps Patriots in River Ridge Volleyball

Patrick Henry is the new kid on the block in the recently realigned River Ridge District. Thursday night the Patriots, former member of the now-defunct...