Troutville News

Good news for Roanoke-area birders: Barry Kinzie is working on a new edition of his essential checklist for the Roanoke Valley.

We arrived early, expecting to jostle for position with large numbers of Stop Titan activists anxious to speak against the Carolinas Cement Company's plan to rebuild at a former cement plant site north of Wilmington.

Genevieve Journell, a couturier who has a shop called Catrina Fashion's in Troutville, sews and designs beautiful gowns and wedding dresses and it is no wonder she had an honor bestowed upon her by the Association of Sewing and Design professionals to create one of the half scale models .

Here's the full statement from the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office about the arrest of three people charged with the break-in at the Lord Botetourt field house : Botetourt County Sheriff Ronnie N. Sprinkle announced today that three Botetourt County teen-age adult males have been arrested and charged in connection with break-ins involving six ...

Girl Scout Mary Pate of Troutville helped children at two local daycares develop an appreciation for music by showing them how to make musical instruments inexpensively out of household items.

For nearly a decade, Robyn Dobyns has been called on to do chores as diverse as burying a dead cat, scrounging up wheelchair parts and finding a way to get six cases of bananas to the local food pantry.

And here they are: Lee Penny Baker, Gerry Bannan, Roy Baugher III, Susan Bidwell, Ann Glover, Andrea Hagy, Betsy Hale Bannan, John Hamill, Sarah Hazelgrove, Suzun Hughes, Christopher Jones, Scott Kitts, Brett LaGue, Sherrye J. Lantz, Nan Mahone-Wellborn, Brad McLean, Ingrid Moldenhauer, Patricia Placona, Kendra Portnova, Brian Sieveking, Nancy ...

File June The Ukrop's building in Roanoke was specially designed for the Richmond-based grocery chain.

File June Ukrop's in the Ivy Market retail center on Franklin Road in Roanoke will close Oct.

This morning, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Virginia Gov.

An animal rights group wants to rent a prison building the state plans to close and turn it into the nation's first chicken empathy museum.

State government's budget knife can leave a nasty wound, no matter how insignificant the slice.

The Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest is held annually and is sponsored by the Smyth-Bland Regional Library in Marion, Virginia.

A state correctional facility in Botetourt County will close, state colleges will lose more funding, and nearly 600 workers will lose jobs because of more budget cuts that Gov.

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.

Q: How much money are they going to save by closing the rest stops? I think it's going to cost more than they will save.

"How exactly did you get hit by a paintball gun at work?" a nurse asked me as I made my way through the Occupational Medicine hallway.

Even with a budget shortfall, VDOT is moving ahead with plans for a major renovation project at exit 150 on Interstate 81.

Plans are in the works to improve the interchange. Understand which would work the best.

Sweet was at one time chief of the Troutville Fire Department and served on the town council until 2008.