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Radford woman named new Executive Director of Floyd Center for the Arts
Becky Lattuca of Radford has been named the new Executive Director of The Floyd Center for...
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Radical Change Commission launches ‘I Have a Dream’ campaign
RADFORD - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 18, and the Radical Change Commission is asking the public...
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Henry Bass succeeds Aaron Harris-Kirby as Montgomery Chamber board chair
New Montgomery Chamber board chair Henry Bass Henry Bass, owner of Automation Creations, Inc., a custom...
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County schools remain week-to-week on fate of athletics
Several hundred Montgomery County student-athletes and their families gathered outside Tuesday’s regularly-scheduled school board meeting to...
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Liam Watson is a candidate for the Montgomery Board of Supervisors.
Liam Watson is a candidate for the Montgomery Board of Supervisors. In a press release on...
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Historic Montgomery
Sugar Grove Baptist Church on Bow Hill Road was founded in the 1860s. (This image from the News Messenger Collection...
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Deadline nears for 2021 Community Foundation online scholarship applications
Collage of the 2020 Community Foundation scholarship winners CHRISTIANSBURG -- The deadline for applying for the...
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Governor announces new steps to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination efforts
RICHMOND— Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Wednesday announced new actions to support the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution program and accelerate the...
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Medical school alumni return to serve in Southwest Virginia
As the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine's charter class finishes residency and fellowship training, some...
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History professor’s ‘Connecting the Interstates’ grant to explore effects of interstate highway system
The Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike in Virginia began early in 1958 as a response to rapid growth and...
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