Eagle Rock News

Traminette grapes wait to be crushed at Chateau Morrisette. The Traminette grape is a blending grape and was harvested from Silver Creek Orchard in Nelson County, owned by Ruth and John Sunders.

Dipping their paddles into the quiet and cool James River on Wednesday, the three canoeists worked to strike a balance between their need to cover the miles, and their desire to enjoy the day.

The principals of James River High School and Lord Botetourt High School presented plaques of appreciation to both elected boards in Botetourt at the Football game on Friday, Aug.

Istill remember riding down Colorado Boulevard in my mother's blue Datsun 710 station wagon.

You walk into a recently opened yogurt shop in a mini-mall on Colorado Boulevard and Rockland Avenue, next to Starbucks.

Do you remember when the kid down the street used to knock on your door and ask if you'd like your lawn cut for a few bucks? Or when teenage newspaper carriers dropped the daily paper on your front porch? And collected for your weekly bill? Sometime you even tipped that boy or girl.

Buchanan's America Legion Post color guard at Relay for Life. Hey it's Terrific Tuesday again! How's everything in your neck of the woods? On Saturday I met with P-38 Lightning fighter pilot and WWII veteran Allan OwenA of Eagle Rock and a two plus hour interview transpired.

Barbara Stull may be sporting 19th century garb, but here she is in a most 21st century way -- as part of this week's heapin' helpin' of online extras from The Botetourt View.

ROANOKE, Va. - Cleanup crews were working Saturday on a stretch of train track in Eagle Rock where 23 train cars derailed Friday afternoon, a spokesman for CSX said Saturday.

Eagle Rock residents and fire and rescue study the CSX derailment from Rt. 43. A CSX train bearing coal cars derailed just west of the James Street Bridge over the James River going into the community of Eagle Rock in north Botetourt County.

Twenty-three cars of a coal train have derailed in western Virginia . No injuries were reported in the derailment of the CSX train Friday near Eagle Rock in Botetourt County.