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Four things to remember as you celebrate the Fourth of July

From fireworks to food preparation, Virginia Tech experts offer practical advice for enjoying this week’s holiday. Keep food cool and allergy-safe With temperatures soaring, food can quickly become a safety hazard....

Roanoke Offers $7.76 Holiday Admission at Parks and Rec Centers

Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism invites the community to celebrate Independence Day weekend with...

Smith Mountain Lake Cleanup Nets 26 Tons of Debris

Community volunteers collected more than 26 tons of debris as part of the 37th Annual...

TRIO Programs Empower First-Generation Students Across Southwest Virginia

Karlee Shivley can’t wait to be a Hokie this fall — but there was a...

Lucy Addison High School Named Virginia Historic Landmark

The original Lucy Addison High School, built in 1928 as a segregated high school for...

Two Weeks Until Opening Day

Cave Spring placekicker Ethan Hafey splits the uprights as holder Reece Kingery and Head Coach Tim Fulton watch during a recent high school football...

The Ultimate Catch

If you see a group of players in the park, running around erratically throwing a Frisbee, don’t assume they’re out for just a casual...

Health Focus of SWVa 5 and 10ks

Runners head down Main Street last Saturday morning for 3.1 and 6.2 mile races through the streets and neighborhoods of Salem. (Can you find...

Using Baseball To Change Lives

Six years ago, Amy Webb, then a student at Glenvar High School, wrote an AP English paper on the impact of baseball in the...

Colonels Look to Reach Greater Heights

Some things change, and some things stay the same. As the William Fleming Colonels begin their preseason practices, they’ll be hoping those words ring...

Bradley and Patriots Get to Work

To say that the Patrick Henry Patriots football program has struggled over the past few years would be an understatement. The school’s last winning...