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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:03 am

Pearisburg News

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

14 hrs ago | NRV Today

Today - United Daughters of the Confederacy Dedication

Today at 11:00am. The United Daughters of the Confederacy McComas Chapter #66 of Pearisburg along with Hamilton Wade Chapter of Christiansburg is having a dedication of two grave markers at Pleasant Hill ...

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Amber Alert Honor

A big honor for the Virginia agencies who worked together to find a kidnapped four-year-old boy.

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Related Topix: Giles County, VA

Tue Jul 08, 2008

hosted The Washington Post | The Washington Post

Blood on the Mountain

BRUSHY MOUNTAIN, Giles County, Va.

High on the mountain, the sun has to fight its way down through the thick forest. The light takes on a spectral elegance, as if yellow diamonds are falling to the ground.

The two campers loved so much about the mountain. How it gave to its visitors, how generous it seemed: There's another deer; listen to that owl; the trout are running.

But a murderer was in these woods, too. And he brought darkness to the light.

When Randall Lee Smith rose from a meal with Scott Johnston and Sean Farmer at their campsite along the Appalachian Trail here in southwestern Virginia in May, he politely thanked them for the fried trout and beans. Then he pulled out his .22 pistol and calmly turned from one to the other.

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Related Topix: Giles County, VA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

New River Valley Current

Pearisburg cafe serves up Chicago-style dogs

Pat Laughlin , owner of Courthouse Cafe in downtown Pearisburg, gets a birthday card from friend and business neighbor Angie Franklin of Angie's Hair Care.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

NRV Today

The Giles County RideRiverRun Triathlon & Relay

Saturday, July 5th starting from the parking lot of the Food Lion in Pearisburg.

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Related Topix: Giles County, VA, Pembroke, VA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

New River Valley Current

Racing through Giles County

I drive north from the New River Valley often enough that I have almost memorized the twists and turns of U.S. 460 between Blacksburg and West Virginia.

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Related Topix: Glen Lyn, VA, Giles County, VA, Opinion

Fri Jun 27, 2008

New River Valley Current

VDOT crews work to replace fallen bridge

Officials and Virginia Department of Transportation contractors survey the bridge over Big Walker Creek after it collapsed June 4 under the weight of a concrete truck.

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Related Topix: Giles County, VA, Virginia, Virginia Government

Mon Jun 23, 2008

New River Valley Current

The doors of Pearisburg Theater open again

After a period of silence, the halls of the Pearis Theater are ringing with the sounds of music and laughter once again.

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Related Topix: Arts, Theater, Giles County, VA

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Roanoke Times

1 target down, 1 more to go

Owner John Billos runs a sub shop and pizzeria and served as a SWAT team member in Washington, D.C. From left, Sgt.

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Related Topix: Narrows, VA, Giles County, VA

Thu Jun 19, 2008

WSLS-TV Roanoke

Amber Alert suspect makes first court appearance

The main suspect in an Amber Alert case from South Carolina makes his first appearance before a judge in Giles County.

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Related Topix: Giles County, VA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

New River Valley Current

Work on new Giles hospital on schedule

Site work is on schedule for the new hospital coming to Giles County. Carilion Clinic broke ground on the site in April, as well as announced a new name -- Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital will become Carilion ...

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Sat May 31, 2008

Roanoke Times

Carilion, board member collaborate - roanoke.com

Carilion Clinic awarded $19.3 million worth of construction work over a three-year period to the company of a builder who sits on its board of directors.

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Related Topix: Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Metro, US Politics, US News

Thu May 29, 2008

New River Valley Current

Pearisburg celebrates its bicentennial with a party

Pembroke barber Clate Dolinger cuts the hair of Donnie Kirk of Staffordsville. Dolinger has been cutting hair in Pembroke since 1962.

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Related Topix: Staffordsville, VA, Pembroke, VA

Tue May 27, 2008

WDBJ7

Pearisburg celebrates bicentennial

People are turning back the clock in Giles County as the town of Pearisburg celebrates its bicentennial.

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Related Topix: Giles County, VA

Sun May 25, 2008

Roanoke Times

Pembroke man admits faking cash - roanoke.com

A Pembroke man's crude and short-lived scheme to manufacture some extra cash has earned him the possibility of 40 years in federal prison.

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Related Topix: Pembroke, VA, US Politics, US News

Fri May 23, 2008

NRV Today

Pearisburg Celebrates 200 Years

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, Christiansburg, VA, Radford, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA

Wed May 21, 2008

Bangor Daily News

1981 AT killer dies in his Va. jail cell

Randall Lee Smith, 54, of Pearisburg, Va., sits in the back of a Giles County Sheriff car on his way to be served warrants by a magistrate at the Roanoke, Va., jail Friday, May 9, 2008.

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Related Topix: Giles County, VA

Mon May 19, 2008

New River Valley Current

Health departments offer programs for Women's Health Week

The New River Health District, in observance of this week's ninth annual National Women's Health Week, is inviting women in the New River Valley to visit their local health department for information on the ... via New River Valley Current

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA

Sat May 17, 2008

Roanoke Times

Randall Lee Smith remains a mystery - roanoke.com

“Criminals often do go to places they are most comfortable with”

Disturbed loner. Harmless liar. Confused. Cunning. Killer. Who was Randall Lee Smith? The decades of mystery surrounding the man who pleaded guilty to a notorious double slaying on a Giles County section of the ... via Roanoke Times

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Related Topix: Bluefield, VA, Giles County, VA, US Politics, US News

Thu May 15, 2008

Charleston Daily Mail

30 years should mean 30 years

Releasing a double murderer early may have harmed two more OFFICIALS in Virginia have only one suspect in the shooting of two men near the Appalachian Trail this month: Randall Lee Smith, 54, of Pearisburg, Va. via Charleston Daily Mail

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