Salem News

Salem police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Thursday afternoon. Lt. Mike Green said in a news release that the robbery happened about 4:30 p.m. at the StellarOne Bank in the 1200 block of West Main Street.

With so many "Reputation Aware" businesses and individuals getting in to the Do It yourself reputation management, the announcement of a new reputation management product is a welcomed one.

Miriam Frazier of Salem is directing a show at the Jefferson Center. The show is a oeVintage Durang,a by Gamut Theatre, and features an evening of comic short pieces by Christopher Durang.

Shortstop Yamaico Navarro, who spent just one game with Salem before hitting the disabled list, is back with the Red Sox for the second half of the season, the Red Sox announced Thursday.

Thanks to a tip from blog reader, Dennis,A the mystery of what's coming to the former Fast Freddy'sA restaurant site in Salem appears to have been solved.

We have so much coverage of Salem's Relay for Life that we couldn't fit it all into this week's print edition.

The 22nd Annual Salem Fair at the Salem Civic Center begins July 2nd and ends July 12th .

Drummers George Penn and his son George Penn Jr. play at Flat 5 Studio in Salem.

June 18, 2009 Democrat will oppose Morgan Griffith in House of Delegates race Salem Delegate Morgan Griffith will have opposition in November.

Major changes are underway at Veteran's Affairs hospitals nationwide after this week's inspector general's report showing serious training deficiencies.

The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry has fined two Roanoke Valley businesses more than $80,000 each in separate accidents that killed two employees.

Wednesday 17 Jun Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:05AM Salem, VA Salem nearly wasted a sterling pitching performance by Seth Garrison, but Luis Exposito's two-run eighth inning homer transformed a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 victory for the Red Sox on Tuesday evening at Lewis-Gale Field.

A startling report released on Tuesday by the Veteran's Administration Inspector General outlines severe training deficiencies in many of our Veterans Affairs hospitals.

June 15, 2009 Roanoke Valley Horse Show returns to Salem The Roanoke Valley Horse Show is back for its 38th consecutive year at the Salem Civic Center.

June 14, 2009 Free Father's Day benefit concert to be held in Salem Next Saturday, June 20th, a free benefit concert is being held in Salem in honor of Father's Day.

Firefighters rescued a person from a burning house in Northeast Roanoke on Friday night, a fire department spokeswoman said.

A A N2 Dough Incorporated also known as Plantation Pride Foods has stopped making all food.

June 12, 2009 Government seizes food from N2 Dough Incorporated in Salem The federal government has seized food from N2 Dough Incorporated, also known as Plantation Pride Foods.

In this week's print edition of So Salem, you'll find two full pages of photos from Glenvar's graduation this week.

When members of the Float Fishermen of Virginia started planning for a public paddling trip to show off the Roanoke River, one of the big concerns was that the river wouldn't have enough water in June.