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updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008 09:15 am

Christiansburg News

Local news for Christiansburg, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Saturday | WSLS

VT seeks local opinions for sick child facility in NRV

Read the news release from Virginia Tech below The Virginia Tech Department of Human Development in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences is studying the feasibility of developing a respite-/sick-child ...

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Roanoke Times

Starbucks closings to target stores open since 2006

You probably have heard about Starbucks latest announcement to close 600 stores nationwide and scale back its store openings in 2009.

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Related Topix: Roanoke Metro, Roanoke, VA, Blacksburg, VA, Drink, Coffee

Tue Jul 01, 2008

New River Valley Current

Blacksburg man serving 3 years for attempted murder

A Blacksburg man is serving three years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to a charge of attempted first-degree murder.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA, Blacksburg, VA

Roanoke Times

Wrecks block I-81 traffic near Christiansburg, Salem

Two wrecks this morning have snarled traffic on I-81 near Salem and Christiansburg, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

New River Valley Current

Christiansburg, it seems, has gone to the blogs.

Blog World Expo, an international blogging conference, estimates that more than 12 million Americans currently maintain a blog and that more than 120,000 new blogs are created each day.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

New River Valley Current

'She's as good as it gets'

After 20 years, reporter Donna Alvis-Banks is retiring from The Roanoke Times. Tonia Moxley In her 20 years as a Roanoke Times writer Donna Alvis-Banks has never feared writing a corny story or flatfooting at ...

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Related Topix: Journalism

Fri Jun 27, 2008

WSLS

Accident tying up traffic on Interstate 81

A 10 On Your Side traffic alert. The Virginia Department of Transportation says on their website that there is an accident on Interstate 81 near mile marker 119 in Christiansburg.

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Related Topix: Blacksburg, VA

Roanoke Times

School board explores change in its drug policy - roanoke.com

Next school year, the Montgomery County School Board wants to start reviewing cases after a student's first drug-related problem reported at school.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA, Franklin, VA, Blacksburg, VA, Hampton, VA, US Politics, US News

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Roanoke Times

State allocates $9 million in grants to about 120 homeless shelters - roanoke.com

Homeless shelters across Virginia, including roughly 14 in the Roanoke and New River valleys, will benefit from nearly $9 million in state grants.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Wytheville, VA, Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro, Salem, VA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

News Chief

Va. judge imposes death in guard, deputy slaying

Published: Monday, June 23, 2008 at 12:19 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 23, 2008 at 12:19 p.m. In a Tuesday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA, Death Penalty, Violent Crime

Sun Jun 22, 2008

WSLS-TV Roanoke

Detective gives more details on inmate's apparent suicide

Police are investigating the death of a murder suspect after he is found dead inside his jail cell.

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Related Topix: Roanoke County, VA

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Roanoke Times

Christiansburg students train to open bank branch - roanoke.com

Three Christiansburg High School students traveled to Roanoke this week to begin training to run a school-based credit union set to open in the fall.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Roanoke Metro, Roanoke, VA, US Politics, US News

Thu Jun 19, 2008

New River Valley Current

Public hearing set for I-81 truck lane

A public hearing has been set for Tuesday on the state's proposal to construct an additional truck-climbing lane on Interstate 81 through Montgomery County.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Biology News Net

Researchers witness assembly of molecules critical to protein function

Depicted is a molecular representation of a four iron- four sulfur cluster in which the sulfur is shown in yellow and iron in green.

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Related Topix: World News, Albania, Biochemistry, Biology, Science

Sun Jun 15, 2008

NRV Today

Progressive Wine Pairing

Welcome Back to NRVToday.com! Now with more.........more news , more information , more events , more classified ads , and accurate weather forecasting for the New River Valley.

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Related Topix: Blacksburg, VA, Radford, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Floyd County, VA

Fri Jun 13, 2008

NRV Today

Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices

Welcome Back to NRVToday.com! Now with more.........more news , more information , more events , more classified ads , and accurate weather forecasting for the New River Valley.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Blacksburg, VA, Radford, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

WSLS

Montgomery Co. Deputy cleared in suspect shooting

Christiansburg investigators clear a Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy for an officer involved shooting that happened two weeks ago .

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA, Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro

NRV Today

6th Annual Henry Reed Memorial Fiddler's Convention

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Related Topix: Blacksburg, VA, Radford, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Floyd County, VA

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Main Street Newspapers

Memorial ceremony marks anniversary of Audie Murphy's death

Bill Hall, former editor of The News Messenger, was on the scene of the tragic plane crash on Brush Mountain.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Life, Veteran Affairs, Audie Murphy, War Movies, Drama, Biography Movies, Action, To Hell and Back

Sat Jun 07, 2008

NRV Today

Appalachian Power Seeks Public Input

Public Comments are scheduled for Thursday, June 5th. Appalachian Power today announced a $15 million upgrade in the electric infrastructure that serves parts of Montgomery County, the Town of Blacksburg and ...

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, VA, Blacksburg, VA, Energy

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