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New checklist coming for local birders - roanoke.com
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.
Photos: Troutville's Genevieve Journell replicates Vionnet for Exhibit
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 .
Sheriff's statement on arrest of three teens charged with break-in at Lord Botetourt field house
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 ...
Mary Pate of Troutville earns highest Girl Scout award
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.
The entrants in this year's Roanoke City Art Show
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.
Ukrop's to close Roanoke location
File June Ukrop's in the Ivy Market retail center on Franklin Road in Roanoke will close Oct.
PETA offers to rent the Botetourt Correctional Center to house chicken museum
This morning, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Virginia Gov.
PETA wants to turn Va prison into chicken museum
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.
Richmond cuts and Troutville winces
State government's budget knife can leave a nasty wound, no matter how insignificant the slice.
Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest Winners
The Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest is held annually and is sponsored by the Smyth-Bland Regional Library in Marion, Virginia.
Kaine further tightens Virginia belt
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.
Fifty years of the two high schools acknowledged
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.
VDOT rest stops won't be privatized soon
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.
Ouch... a photographer's experience on the paintball course
"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.
Changes on the way to Troutville Interchange on Interstate 81
Even with a budget shortfall, VDOT is moving ahead with plans for a major renovation project at exit 150 on Interstate 81.
This meeting is worth braving Exit 150
Plans are in the works to improve the interchange. Understand which would work the best.
Ex-firefighter charged in drug case
Sweet was at one time chief of the Troutville Fire Department and served on the town council until 2008.
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