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The Montgomery County School Board meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

There's a flood warning in effect for eastern Montgomery County.

We have more on this developing story from the newsroom of The Roanoke Times.

If you have weather news or photos from your part of the New River Valley, you can share at newriver@roanoke.com.

The board meets at 7:30 p.m. Here's the agenda.

A rematch between Giles and Radford highlights the first round of the high school football playoffs that begin on Friday. Other local teams set to play are Christiansburg and Narrows.

Eastern Montgomery, with its 8-2 record, was awarded a first-round bye.

For full slate of playoff action, click here.

Region C, Division 1
No. 6 Narrows (3-7) at No. 3 Bath County (6-4)
No. 5 Rural Retreat (3-7) at No. 4 Covington (6-4)
No. 1 Holston (9-1) and No. 2 Eastern Montgomery (8-2) have Week 1 byes

Region C, Division 2
No. 6 James River (5-5) at Fort Chiswell (9-1)
No. 5 Giles (6-4) at Radford (7-3)
No. 1 George Wythe (7-3) and No. 2 Chilhowie (7-3) have Week 1 byes

Region IV, Division 4
No. 6 Bassett (3-7) at No. 3 Christiansburg (7-3)
No. 5 Magna Vista (6-4) at No. 4 Carroll County (6-4)
No. 1 Salem (10-0) at No. 2 Hidden Valley (7-3) have Week 1 byes

If the goal of moving the Blacksburg municipal elections from May to November was to increase voter participation, it worked.

Voter turnout in the town soared to 36.3 percent in last week’s election — by far the highest amount in more than a decade — according to figures released Monday by Montgomery County Registrar Randy Wertz. Wertz said 7,556 of the town's 20,831 registered voters cast ballots.

In May voting since 1998, voter turnout has fluctuated between 3.3 percent and 22.2 percent. Turnout for the past three town elections have been 12.5 (2008), 20.6 (2006) and 22.2 (2004).

Making the turnout even more remarkable is the higher number of registered voters.

Following the push to register voters in advance of the historic 2008 presidential election, there were nearly 21,000 registered voters in the town. That’s up more than 30 percent from any of the previous six election cycles.

Both teams will advance to playoffs next week. Learn more here.

We have this photo gallery from Friday's Radford-Glenvar football game from Stephanie Klein-Davis of The Roanoke Times.

You can view her photos in the slideshow above or in this photo gallery.

We also have video highlights from the game.

Do you have photos from the game? Or anything, for that matter, involving people or events around the New River Valley? If so, you can share at newriver@roanoke.com and we'll show 'em off on the Community Current, our site for reader-submitted news and photos.

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meets today. Here's the agenda.

The Montgomery County Education Association today announced its endorsements in local elections.

The association's education committee endorses Phyllis Albritton, District A, for the school board and Annette Perkins for the Board of Supervisors.

The association represents teachers and staff in the Montgomery County school system.

You can see Sunday's Current for a closer look at the school board candidates.

Here's the complete announcement.
The Montgomery County Education Association Political Action Committee (MCEAPAC)
has voted to recommend Phyllis Albritton for re-election to the Montgomery County
School Board and Annette Perkins for re-election to the Board of Supervisors. Both
candidates represent District A which includes a portion of the Town of Blacksburg and the
Northeast corner of the county.
The Educator PAC chose not to make any recommendation for candidates running in
either District C or D.
“Both Albritton and Perkins have lifelong records of service to children and public
education,” said MCEA President, Erin Bull. “Moreover,” Bull continued, “as they have done
the challenging work of elected leaders on the School Board and the Board of Supervisors,
their determination always to do what is best for school children and the professionals who
work with them has never waivered.

While there are also two candidates running for the School Board Seat in District D,
MCEA PAC chose not to make a recommendation in that race. In District D Lenny Session is
challenging incumbent Jamie Bond. “We had long conversations with both District D School
Board candidates,” said Karen Trear, MCEA-PAC Chairperson. “Both had much to offer.
Ms. Bond is a very enthusiastic person and demonstrates a far better grasp of the position than
she did four years ago. Mr. Session is very analytical and posseses a savvy understanding of
how the school board should function. In the end we decided that we could support
whomever the voters of District D elected."

Vaccinations begin Wednesday for lower grades at five schools in the New River Health District — two elementary schools in Floyd County, two elementary/middle schools in Giles County and one elementary school in Montgomery County.

Reporter Duncan Adams has more on this story.