Blacksburg News

So, it's been five long months or more of campaigning, meeting residents, answering questions at forums and coffee gatherings and hoping that voters will see you as the best fit for town council.

Nidal Malik Hasan, now a suspect in a murderous shooting spree at a Texas army base, spent the last decade being trained by the military as a psychiatrist to treat soldiers with mental stress disorders from combat in Iraq or Afghanistan.

"Buy local. Be local. Eat local." Blacksburg's local initiative has found its way onto bumper stickers, storefront windows and advertisements.

John Bush celebrates his win. Four available Blacksburg Town Council seats were won tonight by incumbent Susan Anderson and newcomers John Bush, Krisha Chachra and Cecile Newcomb, according to the Montgomery County registrar's office.

Blacksburg police are seeking information in the robbery of a Virginia Tech student.

The Blacksburg Police Department is investigating a robbery that took place around 1 a.m. Sunday.

We round up our endorsements in New River Valley races. The Roanoke Times editorial board endorsed candidates in races for Blacksburg Town Council and Montgomery County School Board, as well as a referendum in Christiansburg.

The Department of Theatre Arts and Cinema at Virginia Tech kicks off the main stage theater season this week and will host its first performance in its new Theatre 101 building with "Made in Taiwan," a one-woman performance Tech alumna Michelle Krusiec created.

Both candidates for governor will be in Blacksburg Thursday, campaigning in and around the tailgating at the Virginia Tech - North Carolina game.

BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech's College of Engineering has been named as the No. 1 U.S. school for industry workforce recruiting by "Aviation Week & Space Technology" magazine.

BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech has been awarded a $1.25 million five-year contract by the Department of Energy to develop, manage, and maintain a public Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web portal that encourages use of electricity in an environmentally responsible way.

Montgomery, Floyd and Giles counties have school board seats up for grab in the Nov.

A Blacksburg police officer faces charges of sexual battery and domestic assault.

Craft breweries have had great success in cities across the country for decades, but just five years ago, they were still a rare breed in Central and Southwest Virginia.

Residents may want to give the expanded transit service in town a try, especially since plans are to offer free fares for a limited time.

Metallica are helping in the search for Morgan Dana Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech college student, who has gone missing and was last seen at the metal band's concert Saturday at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA.

The Collegiate Times interviewed all nine of the campaigning candidates for the four Blacksburg Town Council spots.

Dave Roper's nervousness is understandable. His vision and name is attached to a new community solar greenhouse that aims to make year-round local food production possible.

The Collegiate Times interviewed all nine of the candidates for the four Blacksburg Town Council spots.

Anderson, Sutphin, Newcomb and Bush are the best of nine candidates. Blacksburg faces a defining moment.