Elliston News

Rough concrete walls surround what will be the gymnasium, cafeteria and main entrance for the new consolidated elementary school in Elliston, and mounds of earth are scattered around the 20-acre site.

Blacksburg leaders are asking for residents' thoughts on how to spend an additional $12,151 allotted by the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program.

Smart Way bus passengers bide their time while traveling between Roanoke and Blacksburg.

Eastern Montgomery and Radford high school students will be the valley's first to graduate.

With budget cuts statewide many localities have been forced to cut back on expenses such as mowing grass.

As of 9:54 a.m., the Virginia Department of Transportation advises that traffic is now backed up for five miles on Interstate 81 northbound due to a tractor trailer accident at milemarker 126.3 near Elliston.

Two girls from Montgomery County took first place in the recent Ernest "Pig" Robertson Fishing Rodeo in Salem -- and two others won other places.

April 17, 2009 Where's the new site of the proposed asphalt plant in Roanoke County? Opponents of an asphalt plant in Glenvar say it's a victory.

ELLISTON, Va. a ' Rowe Fine Furniture is recognizing what it calls the "studiorowe5," the upholstered furniture manufacturer's name for a group of 21 retailers that have operated a studiorowe gallery for five years.

Aleta Coleman of Salem receives the 9-1-1 Dispatch Hero award from Marty Hellkamp, with Odyssey Imaging that sponsored the award.

A fire was burning about 100 acres of forest land late Sunday night on Poor Mountain near Elliston, fire officials said.

Virginia Forestry officials say a Montgomery County wildfire definitely looks like arson.

April 65, 2009 UPDATE: Fire on Poor Mountain in Montgomery County Firefighters are trying to get a handle on a brush fire on Poor Mountain in Montgomery County.

ELLISTON, Va. a ' Upholstered furniture manufacturer Clayton Marcus will introduce a new Suit Yourself customization program at this month's High Point Market.

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ELLISTON, Va. a ' Small-scaled upholstery pieces from Rowe Fine Furniture have been included in an exhibit titled "Growing and Greening New York: PlaNYC and the Future of the City" at the Museum of the City of ...

A group of art lovers wants more art in Shawsville. The exhibit "Art with a Heart" opened Saturday.

Del. Danny Marshall hopes a bill that sailed through the House on Tuesday with bipartisan support will do the same in the Senate and eventually provide funds to build Interstate 73.

An Elliston man died from injuries he sustained when he drove a truck off of West Main Street and flipped it on an embankment south of Salem, police said.

Price's Fork Elementary School kindergartners line up for lunch period Tuesday. The school, which opened in 1954, is overcrowded and about 80 of its 198 students take classes in four portable classroom units.