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Norfolk Southern buys land near Elliston for freight facility

Posted May 9, 2013

Norfolk Southern Corp. is again preparing to build a $35 million freight facility near Elliston after more than a year without ...

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Former delegate’s grandson enters race for Joseph Yost’s seat

Posted May 9, 2013

James Harder’s grandmother was Democratic Del. Joan Munford, who represented the district that included Blacksburg from ...

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Woman says ‘cubby’ fell on Dublin day care child who later died

Posted May 9, 2013

A woman who identified herself as an owner of Busy B’s Day Care Center said an empty cubby fell off a wall and hit the 6-year-old ...

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National training course comes to New River Valley

Posted May 9, 2013

Drivers traveling down North Main Street in Blacksburg on Sunday likely looked twice as they passed a school bus lying on its ...

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French-inspired picnic dinners coming to Blacksburg

Posted May 9, 2013

Thousands of hungry diners, dressed in white, converge each year on some of Paris’ famous landscapes for a night of spontaneous, ...

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Hookah rentals accounted for about two-thirds of She-Sha’s revenue in the three months preceding its citations from the state. | Photo by Daniel Lin, special to The Roanoke Times

Full appeals court hearing granted in Blacksburg hookah case

Posted May 7, 2013

The Virginia Court of Appeals announced Tuesday that it will rehear the case involving Blacksburg’s She-Sha Cafe and Hookah ...

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Child dies at Dublin daycare facility

Posted May 7, 2013

The Pulaski County sheriff said a 6-year-old boy is dead. Read ...

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Virginia Tech researcher honored for work on safe driving

Posted May 7, 2013

The White House has given Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Director Thomas Dingus an award for innovative people called ...

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Radford police investigating Monday break-in

Posted May 6, 2013

A woman told police that a masked man broke into her residence about 11:15 a.m. but fled after seeing her inside. Find out more ...

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These are scenes from VPI’s Class of 1935 ring dance.
— The Roanoke Times file 1934

Flashback: Tracking NRV history

Posted May 6, 2013

1988 (25 years ago) -  “It looks like a big riding lawn mower or a dune buggy, but it floats, swims and lumbers out of the ...

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Blacksburg Mellow Mushroom location confirmed

Posted May 6, 2013

Clarification: Growlers are extra-large glass containers that can be sealed to allow customers to take craft beer home with them. ...

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Discussion of OBMS site continues

Posted May 5, 2013

BLACKSBURG – Midtown Village, the much-debated, much-anticipated proposal for the old Blacksburg Middle School site, was presented ...

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Ronnie Carter of DCI/Shires Construction digs a post hole for a gate on  a new section of Huckleberry Trail.
Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times

High fives for the Huckleberry

Posted May 5, 2013

Soon, a vision from 1989 will be a reality in Blacksburg and Christiansburg. Construction has begun on two expected expansions ...

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Mountain Lake Hotel reopened its doors to the public Friday as the new Mountain Lake Lodge after an extensive, multi-million dollar renovation. Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times

Mountain Lake Lodge opens after major renovation

Posted May 4, 2013

Mountain Lake Hotel in Pembroke reopened Friday as Mountain Lake Lodge following a multi-million dollar renovation. The revitalized ...

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Defense attorney Chris Tuck (left) hugs his client Aaron Edwards after a jury found him not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Giles County Circuit Court in Pearisburg on Friday. Photo by Matt Gentry, The Roanoke Times

Giless County dad found not guilty in infant’s death

Posted May 4, 2013

A Giles County jury deliberated four hours before finding Aaron Edwards not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of ...

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Glen Lyn town manager exonerated in FOIA case

Posted May 4, 2013

A judge reversed a previous court finding and ruled that Howard Spencer and the town did not violate the Virginia Freedom of Information ...

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Blacksburg group plans New River Valley hospice center

Posted May 2, 2013

The general concept is for a state-licensed facility for seven to 10 patients. A fundraising drive is in the works, and the nonprofit ...

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Aaron Edwards takes the stand in Giles County Circuit Court on Thursday. A jury is ready to deliberate whether he is guilty of involuntary manslaughter in his baby daughter's death. | Photo by Matt Gentry, The Roanoke Times

New evidence presented, closing arguments take place in Giles County trial

Posted May 2, 2013

The jury heard of a letter Karen Edwards sent her husband, Aaron Edwards, who has been charged in the death of their baby daughter. Read ...

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Aaron Edwards in court last week; Roanoke Times file photo by Matt Gentry

Medical testimony differs in Giles County infant death case

Posted May 2, 2013

Aaron Edwards is charged in the death of his 7-month-old daughter. Read ...

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Mark Ward Faville Jr.; Roanoke Times file photo

Family feared man accused of killing wife, daughter testifies

Posted May 2, 2013

Mark Ward Faville, charged with first-degree murder, also testified at his Wednesday bond hearing. Read ...

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