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Agenda for today's Blacksburg Town Council

Blacksburg Town Council meets at 7:25 p.m. Here's the agenda.

Agenda for tonight's Radford City Council

Radford City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

Agenda for tonight's Montgomery County Board of Supervisors

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meets at 7:15 p.m. Here's the agenda.

Get the latest news on the storm

For the latest news on the storm, here are some useful links:

Weather journalist Kevin Myatt provides updates on his Weather Journal blog.

We have a complete index of snow-related news and cancellations on our winter weather page.

And, of course, we have our snowcam. It's in downtown Roanoke, but we're betting folks in the New River Valley might like to check it out, too.

Want to share road conditions with your neighbors? You can leave comments below.

Finally, as always, if you have snow photos, you can share at newriver@roanoke.com.

Webcast: Is Tech's football recruiting class underrated?

Frank Beamer's recruiting classes are never ranked in the top 10, but the Hokies seem to win anyway. Sportswriters Doug Doughty and Randy King talk about why this happens on the Feb. 4 edition of the Sports TimesCast, our weekly college sports webcast.

Tech's final 2010 football schedule released

We have it in this post on the Insiders sports blog.

Montgomery schools have two-hour delay Thursday

Montgomery and Giles have announced two-hour delays. Wythe is closed.

We have the latest on school closings at roanoke.com/schoolclosings.

You can keep up with the latest weather news on weather journalist Kevin Myatt's Weather Journal blog.

Virginia Tech releases recruiting list

Want the full list of who Virginia Tech football has recruited? It's posted here on the Insiders sports blog.

Virginia Tech spin-off company launches free energy-saving software

Miserware Inc. of Blacksburg is giving away energy-saving software developed at Virginia Tech to PC users.

We have details in this post on the Blue Ridge Business Journal.

Floyd musician sings the cold weather blues

Floyd blues man Scott Perry talks about a new song inspired by the recent cold weather, "Winter Haiku Blues" in a story in Thursday's Current. Here's a link to the YouTube video of the song for your listening pleasure.

With more snow forecast for this weekend, I think we can all relate!

--Amy Matzke-Fawcett

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