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Sun, 01/17/2021 - 05:00A vast majority of employees at Virginia Tech and Radford University say they’re likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available.
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Fri, 01/15/2021 - 15:46**The Planning Commission Work Session scheduled for January 19, 2021 will be a virtual ZOOM meeting only. There will not be an in-person meeting. The Planning Commission Work Session is...
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Fri, 01/15/2021 - 13:21The Greenway/Bikeway/Sidewalk Corridor Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 20, 2021 has been cancelled. Please contact the Planning and Engineering Department if you have...
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Thu, 01/14/2021 - 15:34The New River Community College Educational Foundation has issued a reminder to local high school students and their families that the deadline for applying to the Access to Community College...
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Thu, 01/14/2021 - 10:47The incident took the life of law enforcement veteran Perry Hodge, police said.
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Wed, 01/13/2021 - 14:02In observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Christiansburg Town Hall will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18.
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Wed, 01/13/2021 - 13:44The Radford University Art Museum is proud to present “ARTGAWK: Choice Pickings from the Radford University Permanent Collection.” The exhibition will be on display beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27,...
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Wed, 01/13/2021 - 05:00Virginia Tech is renaming a data research center at its new campus in Northern Virginia for alumni Mehul and Hema Sanghani after the couple donated $10 million to the university.
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Tue, 01/12/2021 - 17:34On Dec. 30, thanks to a generous donation from Green Valley Builders and a partnership with Avellinos, YMCA at Virginia Tech was able to distribute 45 family meals through the Meals On Main program....
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Tue, 01/12/2021 - 13:21In keeping with its mission to support causes that benefit not-for-profit groups specifically within the area, the 100+ Women Who Care NRV voted to donate their most recent contribution to the New...
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Tue, 01/12/2021 - 13:13Registration is still open for the spring semester at New River Community College, which begins Monday, Feb. 1.
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Mon, 01/11/2021 - 17:15The Rotary Club of Christiansburg-Blacksburg presented its 2020 Citizen of the Year Award to Raymond “Ray” Plaut via Zoom ceremony at their Dec. 14 meeting. This award is “to honor an individual...
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Sun, 01/10/2021 - 00:15New River Community College Educational Foundation was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the American Electric Power Foundation to support students in the New River Valley.
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Sun, 01/10/2021 - 00:15For the past two years, River Valley Juniors Volleyball Club, a 10-team club with 120 athletes and 17 coaches, has picked a community service project that the entire club participates in. For three...
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Sun, 01/10/2021 - 00:15The New River Valley Regional Commission is receiving a Bronze designation from the national SolSmart program for advancing solar energy options in the New River Valley. It is only the second...
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Fri, 01/08/2021 - 14:41Registration is open for the next session of New River Community College’s pharmacy technician program. The program will be offered completely online and begins Feb. 2.
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Wed, 01/06/2021 - 15:22**The Planning Commission Work Session scheduled for January 19, 2021 will be a virtual ZOOM meeting only. There will not be an in-person meeting. Please check this space closer to the...
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Tue, 01/05/2021 - 16:00The Community Foundation of the New River Valley is continuing to receive scholarship applications, but not for much longer. The deadline is approaching, with applications due by 5 p.m. on Monday,...
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Mon, 01/04/2021 - 16:44The Rotary Club of Christiansburg-Blacksburg delayed awarding their 2020 Professional Leadership Award this summer, hoping to have an in-person ceremony, but settled for a Dec. 14 Zoom presentation...
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Mon, 01/04/2021 - 15:13The Historic or Design Review Board will hold a virtual Zoom meeting on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 4:30 pm. Please find the webinar information below as well as the agenda for the January...
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Sun, 01/03/2021 - 22:30A coverlet believed to have been woven about 1850 by an enslaved woman in Montgomery County could be the only one of its kind in Virginia.
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Sun, 01/03/2021 - 00:15On Friday, Jan. 8, the Montgomery Museum of Art & History in Christiansburg will launch its new exhibit featuring paintings by local artist Teri Hoover of Blacksburg. Titled “Explorations:...
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Sun, 01/03/2021 - 00:15Kelly Walters was a decades long member of the Christiansburg rescue squad. He was instrumental in expanding the region's rescue squad capabilities.
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Sun, 01/03/2021 - 00:15The Warm Hearth Inc. Board of Directors and the Warm Hearth Foundation spearheaded a campaign to raise funds to name the Kaleidoscope at the Kroontje Health Care Center after Ferne Moschella, former...
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Sun, 01/03/2021 - 00:15Peggy White has been hired as director of Pulaski County’s new Office of Tourism, according to a Dec. 22 news release from County Administrator Jonathan Sweet. The Office of Tourism will officially...
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Wed, 12/30/2020 - 15:30Since the pandemic first shuttered the campuses of Virginia Tech and Radford University in March, businesses in the New River Valley have struggled. State restrictions on restaurants and a reduced...
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Tue, 12/29/2020 - 00:00View Meeting Agenda
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Tue, 12/29/2020 - 00:00Town administrative offices will be closed, Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. day. Blacksburg Transit Operating on Intermediate Service in Blacksburg. Visit https://...
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Tue, 12/29/2020 - 00:00View Meeting Agenda
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Sun, 12/27/2020 - 05:00A former Virginia Supreme Court justice will become the next CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation.
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Sun, 12/27/2020 - 05:00A Chicago-based company is aiming to build a 2,700-acre solar farm on various pieces of property throughout Pulaski County
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Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:00A former Pulaski employee living on the town's land is likely going to have to move his home after 40 years.
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Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:00A former Pulaski employee living on the town's land is likely going to have to move his home after 40 years.
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Tue, 12/22/2020 - 14:40Each year, the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce draws attention to local small businesses through Shop Small Pulaski, but this year they stepped up their efforts in response to the pandemic-related...
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Tue, 12/22/2020 - 00:00Place your cut tree at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on Monday of the second week in January to ensure pickup. For more information, visit...
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Tue, 12/22/2020 - 00:00All Town of Blacksburg administrative offices will be closed. There will be no BT bus service and BT offices will be closed. The Community Center will be closed. The Aquatic Center will be open...
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Tue, 12/22/2020 - 00:00Place your cut tree at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on Monday of the second week in January to ensure pickup. For more information, visit...
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Mon, 12/21/2020 - 17:51As has been the tradition for more than 40 years, on Dec. 17 the Kiwanis Club of Christiansburg held its an annual children’s Christmas event. But due to COVID-19 it was a lot different from prior...
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Mon, 12/21/2020 - 17:20The YMCA at Virginia Tech is extremely grateful to have so many wonderful volunteers helping with our Meals On Main program, and on Dec. 17 Santa Claus himself surprised us by taking time away from...
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Sun, 12/20/2020 - 00:15It’s been a different kind of Christmas season this year, but some community traditions have managed to go on, including the portrayal of Mrs. Claus by Blacksburg resident Marian Kelso.
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Wed, 12/16/2020 - 09:56All Town of Blacksburg administrative offices will be closed. The Blacksburg Community Center and Aquatic Center will be closed. There will be no trash pickup in the SW quadrant. Make up service will...
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Tue, 12/15/2020 - 14:23Registration is open for an upcoming apartment maintenance technician short-term training program at New River Community College.
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Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:00Santa and a few of his Police, Fire, and Rescue friends will make their way through town spreading holiday cheer and greetings from the North Pole. Please remember to play it safe by wearing a mask...
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Tue, 12/15/2020 - 00:00Santa and a few of his Police, Fire, and Rescue friends will make their way through town spreading holiday cheer and greetings from the North Pole. Please remember to play it safe by wearing a mask...
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Mon, 12/14/2020 - 16:30The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of multiple arts and cultural offerings, and what would have been Little Leapers’ ninth anniversary performance of “The Nutcracker” this year was no...
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Mon, 12/14/2020 - 15:43Christiansburg facilities, including Town Hall and the Aquatic and Recreation Centers, will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25, for the Christmas holiday.
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Sun, 12/13/2020 - 20:00Dennis Bowman of Christiansburg bested 29 other competitors to become Grand Champion of the Backyard Series of the Kansas City Barbecue Society World Invitational last month in Mayetta, Kansas.
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Sun, 12/13/2020 - 00:15The year of COVID-19 has become synonymous with finding new ways to channel our productive energies: 2020’s explosion in home bread-baking, for example, has been the subject of numerous headlines.
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Sun, 12/13/2020 - 00:15There are many community traditions that we associate with the holidays: decorations, parades and gift shopping, but also an outpouring of charitable giving.
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Fri, 12/11/2020 - 11:44The Planning Commission Work Session is held every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:00 pm. Until further notice, it will be held in the Roger E. Hedgepeth Chambers on the 2nd floor of the...
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