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An eye for decor
BLACKSBURG — Debbie Campbell walked throughout a large home in the Village at Tom’s Creek last week, adjusting pieces of ...
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The bunny basics
Plenty of people in the New River Valley are likely preparing for the passing visit of a certain bunny Sunday. If you’re planning ...
New pizza joint opens in Radford
RADFORD — Dozens of pizza lovers lined up to get one of the New River Valley’s most popular giant slices of pizza Saturday ...
The framework of a volunteer
Over the past two decades, hundreds of students have shined while acting, singing and dancing across the stage at Christiansburg ...
The sky’s the limit for new rocketry group
BLACKSBURG — Dry erase boards covered in mathematical equations, not for the faint of heart, lined the walls of the Center ...
Radford Animal Shelter receives a mural makeover
RADFORD — When Hannah Milam and Erika Cuevas unveiled their latest work of art this week, it was received with howling applause, ...
Tech’s Western Riders gallop again
CATAWBA — When Shelby Turner rode into town in the spring of 2012, she found the Virginia Tech Western Riders headed down an ...
Church members volunteer in Brazil on medical boat
CHRISTIANSBURG — In the middle of the muddy Amazon, a steel, barge-style boat navigated along the banks of Brazil. On board, ...
Business Q&A with Marjorie Lewter of Holistic Veterinary Consultants
Marjorie M. Lewter Family: A 12-year-old daughter Holistic Veterinary Consultants Business started: Blacksburg location opened ...
Race is on for Blacksburg Inc.’s first-ever derby party
With less than two weeks of winter remaining, horse racing fans around the country are counting down the days to the first Saturday ...
A frosty fundraiser for Special Olympics
RADFORD — Batman, a couple of luchadores and the Radford men’s soccer team were among more than 300 people who decided that ...
A familiar face in library exhibit
A longtime Christiansburg resident and community activist is featured in a traveling exhibit at the Christiansburg library. Nannie ...
Business Q&A with Lila Borge Wills of Possum Hollow Barkery
Name & Title: Lila Borge Wills, Owner Age: 40′s Family: Tom Wills, husband; five brothers and sisters; mother Business ...
Mom has strong hold on wrestling tradition
Since 2002, the name Epperly has been all but synonymous with wrestling success at Christiansburg High School. When Zach Epperly ...
Woman turns to new fitness program
Correction (Feb. 25, 2013: 10:16 a.m.): Knopp was misspelled in a previous version of this story| Our ...
Special Olympics’ lasting lessons
Clarification: The Special Olympics team from Carroll County placed first against the Wildcats Sunday afternoon. Years from now, ...
Community column: Join citizen-scientists counting flocks
If you are a birder, or have one in your family, this weekend is like the Super Bowl come again. Feb. 15-18 is the Great Backyard ...
Man’s best reading buddy
RADFORD — In a side room at the Radford library, McHarg Elementary first-grader Samantha Crenshaw giggled as she read her book ...
Business Q&A: New River Computing
Jeff Wynn Age: 44 Family: Wife, Lesa; four children New River Computing Business started: 2004 Location: 100 Hubbard St., Blacksburg; ...
Hahn named Blacksburg Rotary’s Citizen of the Year
BLACKSBURG – Former Virginia Tech president T. Marshall Hahn stood in front of about 100 Blacksburg Rotary Club members Thursday ...
Andy Bitter's Virginia Tech football
- Ryan Williams again working his way back from injury in Arizona
- Western Carolina kickoff set for 1:30 p.m. on ESPN3
- Hokies’ Russell Athletic Bowl trip cost $1.6 million
Aaron McFarling's sports
- Friday: Hokies seeking that Sunday ticket
- Coyle breaks homer drought, but Sox fall
- Thursday: Hokies-Seminoles highlights day
