Local Stories

Virginia Tech has landed $299,456 in federal funding to conduct research on community-based ways to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic....

Hugh Campbell signs copies of his book, The Blacksburg Drama, which tells the fundamentals of Blacksburg’s history. Author Hugh Campbell...

Jordan Tincher, an electrical engineer with Appalachian Power, reads The Boy Who Touched the Stars to a group of third...

Pistachio is one of a baker’s dozen guinea pigs at the center looking for homes. He’s a little shy but...

McDonald Mill Methodist Church on Catawba Road was founded in 1878 and is still in use.(This photo, from News Messenger...

Ken Pomeroy '95 has become a pioneer of charting college men's basketball teams using advanced statistics. Long before the college...

Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library is ready to help Montgomery and Floyd County’s children get ready for kindergarten with 1000 Things before...

DUBLIN - DePaul Community Resources believes “every child deserves to grow up in a permanent, loving family.” DePaul, along with...

United Way of the New River Valley is in need of gift cards for turkeys and food for its annual...

IDA Executive Director Sheila Roop and IDA Board President Earl Brown show the anonymous check IDA received. The New River...