Elliston News

Montgomery County received between 3.93 inches of rain in Christiansburg and 5.36 inches in Lafayette over two days.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will have a public meeting today on a plan to replace the Narrows bridge.

The consolidated school under construction in Elliston will be called Eastern Montgomery Elementary School.

Trucks drive along Interstate 81 in Botetourt County on Tuesday. A project is in the wings to create climbing lanes for trucks on the interstate in Montgomery County.

There are some sales jobs you shouldn't wish on your worst enemy. Like selling crab bait in Arizona.

Master Deputy Chris Lucas teaches students the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Shawsville Elementary School fifth-grader Brooke Smith looks at a DARE book during a presentation.

The open road has been a way of life for Fred Saunders, and he has no plans to park himself anytime soon.

The projects planned for the area near Interstate 81's Exit 109 are getting mixed reactions from residents.

Elliston-Lafayette and Shawsville elementary schools, which will combine next year, had their last first day of school Wednesday.

Since July 21 , anyone heading north from Tennessee on I-81 who forgot to make a bathroom break at the Virginia Welcome Center might be disappointed by the sight of this closed Mile Marker 61-area rest stop near the burg of Rural Retreat.

Since July 21 , anyone heading north from Tennessee on I-81 who forgot to make a bathroom break at the Virginia Welcome Center might be disappointed by the sight of this closed Mile Marker 61-area rest stop near the burg of Rural Retreat.

File photos Top left: Seneca Bower , Casey Fentress and Annie Fentress, who were contenders for Tomato Princess in last year's EastMont Tomato Festival Tomato Pageant, watch Heirloom Tomato Queen Gloria Hilton of Shawsville strut her stuff on stage.

A group of Montgomery County school leaders has been shifted to different schools this fall.

Craig Meadows says keeping up communications with residents and elected officials will be key to his new job as Montgomery County's administrator.

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.