New River Community College’s first jamboree of 2020 is Saturday
The music of Truegrass and the Wolfe Brothers String Band will be featured during New River Community College’s Fiddle, Banjo...
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Upcoming Mini Medical School will look at how we observe the world around us
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s next Mini Medical School will be an interactive odyssey into how we, as humans,...
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State grants to help Virginia Tech stop brain drain, enhance blockchain
Students cross the Virginia Tech Drillfield. Stop the region’s brain drain. Build a hub for blockchain technology. These are two...
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VT researchers develop tools to tackle deadly childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana
Virginia Tech professor Kathleen Alexander and College of Natural Resources and Environment graduate student Carol Anne Nichols conduct a water...
Read moreNRV beekeepers to present sessions in Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Shawsville
Members of the New River Valley Beekeepers’ Association will present “So, You Want To Be a Beekeeper” sessions at regional...
Read moreIranian expert at Tech weighs in on Middle East
A U.S. drone strike that killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani will complicate Iraqi politics tremendously, said Mehrzad Boroujerdi, an...
Read moreApplication deadline for youth state fair exhibitors scholarships extended
Given a two-week extension, youth who exhibited beef cattle, sheep, meat goats or swine in the 2019 State Fair of...
Read moreParole reform, marijuana decriminalization part of governor’s criminal justice reform package
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has unveiled his proposed criminal justice reform agenda for the 2020 general assembly session. Legislative initiatives...
Read moreGovernor Northam proposes to increase access to voting in Virginia
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has announced legislative proposals to implement early voting and make Election Day a state holiday. If...
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Radford couple welcomes county’s first baby of the new year
Photo by Marty GordonRebecca and David Stanley of Radford show off Montgomery County's first baby of the New Year. Imercyn...
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