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Say hello to Simon! He is a 4-year-old neutered male. Simon is great with other cats and fine around dogs....

If you had read his obituary in the “Negro News” of the News Messenger newspaper in the summer of 1948,...

Each Saturday the paper features a dog and a cat from the Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center (480...

The Christiansburg Library will hold a program on Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. titled “The Life and Legacy of Nannie...

The Intellectual Disabilities Agency of the New River Valley hosts its 21st “Swing Fore Persons with Intellectual Disabilities” Annual Golf...

Lisa bass Contributing writer The Huckleberry Trail was filled with orange shirted bicyclers rolling from Christiansburg to Blacksburg early Wednesday....

Pepper, 2, is a spayed female. She is great with other cats and loves to play.The pet-of-the-week is from the...

Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org After picking up and hauling the lofty, deep-porched and turreted Victorian from its original site on Main...

Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org Andy Washburn will now serve as the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation’s director of history bringing communications...

Blacksburg’s 38th annual Steppin’ Out festival takes place on Friday and Saturday. For two days, the streets of downtown Blacksburg...