NEW CASTLE – The Salem Kiwanis Club and WDBJ-TV are partnering up to present the Roy Stanley Memorial Shootout. The one-day tournament, featuring eight of the leading basketball teams in the Roanoke Valley and state, will build on the Member One Shootout the Salem Kiwanis have showcased for several years. The event will be held on [...]

NEW CASTLE – The Craig County boys faced the top of the Pioneer District last week and came out 0-for-two. River lost games to Parry McCluer and James River, who came into the week tied for first in the Pioneer at 7-1. Last Tuesday the Rockets hosted James River, at Craig, and dropped an 80-55 decision [...]

NEW CASTLE – Despite the downward spiral of the economy the Craig County Recreation and Conservation Association’s “Field of Dreams” is making headway thanks to the benevolence of organizations both locally and from surrounding areas. In November, the Craig County Youth & Community Services board received a grant for $30,000 from Roanoke Women’s Foundation for the [...]

NEW CASTLE – A music and arts festival in May at Country Campground in Craig County is one of the items the board of supervisors is scheduled to consider at Thursday’s meeting. The Feb. 2 meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the Craig County Courthouse. A public hearing on the proposed festival is scheduled to [...]

There won’t be home-canned pickles for sale in Virginia farmers’ markets again this year – legally. This afternoon House of Delegates’ Bill 46 died in the Agriculture Committee when no committee member made a motion to advance it. The bill was filed by 8th District Delegate Greg Habeeb, a Republican who represents Craig County, at the request [...]