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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...

Byrd Fast Start Sinks Cave Spring in Non-District Baseball

Any fashionably late arrivers to Gary Walthall Field in Vinton Friday night quickly realized they had missed much of the action. Cave Spring posted...

Hidden Valley Upends Patrick Henry 12-0 in Season Opener

Monday night rains had the creeks flowing behind the left field fence at Hidden Valley field, and the outfield swamped as well. The Titans didn't...

Cave Spring Blanks Byrd 3-0 in Softball Season Opener

High school spring sports have finally arrived. Less than a week after Roanoke's latest snow storm that closed the schools, the girls of the...

Salem Girls Advance with 46-34 Win Over Lord Botetourt

The Salem girls basketball team is hoping the third time will be the charm. After seeing their season ended the last two years in...

Salem Makes Sure It’s Lights Out for Heritage

Alex Light, Salem's 6-foot-6, 295 interior lineman for the Spartan football team takes up some space. Heritage High of Lynchburg found out Saturday night...

North Cross Playoff Run Falls Just Short in VIS Division 3 State Final

  The North Cross Raiders basketball team went the distance in the 3-game VIS Division 3 state tournament, but came up just short of wearing...