Blue Ridge News

Railroad-related museums and organizations are teaming up to boost Virginia tourism.

The Virginia Consort, Judith Gary, conductor Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 4:00 pm Rockfish Presbyterian Church Wintergreen Performing Arts presents A Blue Ridge Christmas with The Virginia Consort, Judith Gary, conductor, Sunday, Dec.

Browse> Home / Events / Bethlehem Alive 2009 : Beginning December 18th thru 22nd : Nightly In Afton, VA Nestled deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains just a stone's throw from the intersection of the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway a wonderful event is being carried out.

IN VIRGINIA... AMHERST...APPOMATTOX...BEDFORD...BUCKINGHAM...CAMPBELL... CHARLOTTE...FRANKLIN...HALIFAX...HENRY...PATRICK AND PITTSYLVANIA.

The Blue Ridge Mountains Council, Boy Scouts of America will be recognizing the 173 young men who have achieved the top rank of Eagle Scout this year.A The Eagle Scouts provided 30,680 hours of community service as part of their Eagle Projects, dedicating their time and talents to churches, community centers, parks, and many others.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 8:10 p.m. Janet Wimmer is painting every day for a year to celebrate.

Just after noon on Sunday two Norfolk Southern diesel locomotives pulled a passenger train into Shenandoah and discharged several hundred people at the depot.

EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

Some Botetourt County residents are trying to sink efforts to raise their water rates.

Make no mistake about it, this garden column is primarily about growing vegetables.

October was just a classically hectic month musically, with almost too many previews and reviews.

Wed. Nov. 4thA -A The Blue 5 Jam w/ Hoppie Vaughan *Thur. Nov. 5thA -A Nicole Hart & The NRG Band *Fri. Nov.

UPCOMING Information on public events of interest to businesspeople can be sent to Upcoming, The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke VA 24010, e-mailed to upcoming@roanoke.com or faxed to 981-3346. Deadline for submissions is two weeks before the event.

Raise funds and awareness to build a house where people can receive end-of-life medical care.

Town council denied Tuesday a request to locate a concrete plant in the town's Industrial Park.

The feast for the eyes that is the Virginia Fall Foliage Festival Art Show offers everything its title promises: visually rousing art pieces and an exquisite backdrop in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

An arrest has been made in the death of an eight-month-old in Bedford. An autopsy determined Marissa Burnett was the victim of a homicide in December 2008.

The future of Roanoke's chapter of Sexual Assault Response and Awareness, or SARA for short, is uncertain.

Blue Ridge Regional Jail officials are investigating the death of an inmate in the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center.

We spent a fantastic evening last night at the historic Blackthorne Inn & Restaurant in Upperville VA, a hunt-country getaway at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and historic Ashby Gap once owned by George Washington, reliving UVA Charlottesville concerts in the ampitheatre by Speidel, Goodrich, Goggin and Lille .