Kids are back in school — and so are we!

In this week’s print edition of SWoCo, we have oodles of back-to-school photos. And, as you might expect, we have even more here online. (By the way, the photo at left comes from Cave Spring Middle School, where these students were figuring out their lockers.)

Those aren’t the only online extras we have this week — though they sure count for a big percentage of them!

Here’s our weekly guide to all our online extras:

* Photos from “Shade of the Trees,” playing at Studio Roanoke through Sunday
* Chuck Wagon Gang to perform at Cave Spring Baptist Sept. 5
* Mark Overstreet named the Cave Spring Knight
* Photos from Local Colors fashion show
* More on the lemonade sale to benefit Emma Bush
* More photos from Hidden Valley business night
* More photos from Hidden Valley orientation
* More photos from Cave Spring orientation
* More photos from Faith Christian ice cream social
* More photos from Green Valley meet-and-greet
* More photos from Oak Grove orientation
* More photos from Cave Spring Elementary orientation
* More photos from Penn Forest Elementary orientation
* More photos from Bent Mountain Elementary orientation
* More photos from Back Creek Elementary orientation
* More photos from Hidden Valley Middle School orientation
* More photos from Cave Spring Middle School orientation
* More photos form Wrap Pac at Cave Spring Elementary
* More photos of Girl Scout Troop 548 painting at Clearbrook Elementary
* More photos from the Festival of India
* More photos by Loren Wright

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* North Cross running back named one of best in region
* More photos from the Wiffle Ball league at The Yard
* More on the Roanoke Valley Senior Golf Tour

So how can you get your news and photos in SWoCo? Easy! Just share at news@swo-co.com

For more information on us — and how to advertise and reach more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County — see below:

* You can meet our community journalist for Southwest Roanoke County — Emily Flora. She keeps regular office hours at our “bureau” — the Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea on Starkey Road. Here’s her schedule.

* Want to keep up with us in other ways? You can join our “fan group” on Facebook or become one of our “followers” on Twitter. Just search for “swoco” and you’ll find us.

* So how do we reach more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County? Here’s how: Subscribers to The Roanoke Times get it included in their Friday paper; non-subscribers have it mailed to them as part of the weekly Simply Savings advertising flier. Those two add up to more than 90 percent. Plus, we have some free copies available at Kroger, Food Lion and Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea in case we miss you somehow.

* Are you an advertiser who wants to get your message to more than 90 percent of the households in Southwest Roanoke County? You can find out more at advertise@swo-co.com. Want to place a classified ad to reach your neighbors in Swoco? Let us know at classifieds@swo-co.com.

Finally, a special treat: SWoco, the video. A trilogy, actually.

Plus, an invitation: Write a song or a poem about SWoCo! Send it to us at news@swo-co.com and, well, we’ll figure out something.