It’s hard to find a job that offers insurance these days. And insurance is expensive if you have to pay for it yourself – too expensive for a lot of families in our area.  Still, no one can afford to be without health care, and that’s why the Free Clinic of the New River Valley [...]

Montgomery County Commonwealth’s Attorney Brad Finch and Blacksburg lawyer Marcus Long will fill two judgeships here in the New River Valley. Legislators on Tuesday appointed Finch to a juvenile and domestic relations post, while Long will fill a circuit court seat that has been open since Judge Ray Grubbs retired in 2010. Long had serve [...]

Poppy season is here, and members of the Blacksburg Unit 182 of the American Legion Auxiliary will distribute poppies at the two Kroger stores in Blacksburg May 18-19, and May 25-26. Nancy Linkous is president of the group and has become commonly known as the “poppy lady.” She and other auxiliary members proudly take to [...]

Post offices in McCoy, Parrott, Belspring, and Pilot have all been spared from the ax. The U.S. Postal Service had initially planned to close all or part of the rural post offices in our area but this past week, the agency unveiled a plan to keep them open at least on a limited basis. Last [...]

Radford pitcher Nikki Brewer threw a four-hitter and led the Bobcats’ 14-hit attack as Radford defeated Eastern Montgomery 11-1 in a five inning Three Rivers District opener for both teams Tuesday afternoon. Brewer, who flirted with a one-hit shutout, struck out eight straight Mustangs and finished the game with 12 strikeouts while walking none and [...]

By Pat Brown Correspondent Five girls at Eastern Montgomery High School are preparing to compete as one of the top six teams in the nation in the field of Family and Consumer Science. Their knowledge and skills have earned them a chance at a national title when they travel to compete in Orlando this summer. [...]

When David Diaz, a Boy Scout from Troop 44, was looking for his final Eagle Scout community service project, he wanted to do something that would impact people’s lives in a positive way.  He decided to develop a permanent donation process to collect new and lightly used shoes for families and individuals in need here [...]

By Marty Gordon RADFORD – Lurking below the depths of Claytor Lake is a fast-moving aquarium plant, and a biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is worried about how much of the lake is being swallowed up by the “water kudzu”–commonly known as Hydrilla. The plant hampers swimming, and tangles props [...]

By Pat Brown Correspondent When a large room at the YMCA Thrift Shop in Blacksburg opened for this week, it had been transformed into a glamorous boutique full of formal gowns and glamorous accessories. It is called the Cinderella Project, and it has been donating free prom outfits to local high school girls for the [...]