The members of the Roanoke Times team that bring The Botetourt View, So Salem and Swoco to three local communities in the Roanoke Valley. Thanks for following us online!

We want to pause here at the start of a new year to give thanks to you, our readers — one million times!

In 2012, our three community news sites serving Salem, Southwest Roanoke County and Botetourt County registered one million pageviews. That’s up 21 percent from the year before.

And up from, well, zero when we launched our sites back in 2008.

Thanks to all those who have bookmarked our sites and keep coming back, or keep up through our news feeds on Facebook and Twitter.

All your news appears online first — here at So Salem, and our other community sites — before making its way into our weekly print editions. And in many cases, you’ll get more photos online.

So thanks for your support, and keep clicking!

As always, you can share your news and photos from Salem and western Roanoke County at news@sosalem.com.