Roanoke Valley farmers are using their tractors less and leaving some fields without fertilizer as the Iran War drives up farm operating costs.
- JASON DUNOVANT The Roanoke Times
What sets Hannah Wray apart among the graduates walking the stage this Saturday at Ferrum College? Her three bachelor's degrees in four years.
- MARK BERMAN The Roanoke Times
Babcock will be paid $1.15 million in base salary in Year 1 of his new job.
- DAMIEN SORDELETT The Roanoke Times
The redshirt freshman entered spring practices as one of five quarterbacks on the roster. A change in position would be the best way to get him on the field, and Brand settled on wide receiver.
- DAMIEN SORDELETT The Roanoke Times
“He’s a talented guy. We’re going to count on him for us to have a big year and he’s going to be a big part of what we’re asking those guys to do on the outside.”
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Josh Freeman came to Ferrum College three years ago after turning around a Texas community college softball team, but he couldn't do the same for the Panthers.
- BILL WYATT Martinsville Bulletin
Virginia State Police and multiple local law enforcement agencies will conduct a 24-hour highway safety initiative along the Route 220 corridor on May 1, targeting dangerous driving behaviors in one of the region’s busiest roadways.
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Demand is down for illegal, disposable vapes, and that has slowed the pace of declines in cigarette sales, tobacco giant Altria Group says.
His & Her Majesties will participate in "a very brief parade" Thursday, for the Shenandoah Valley town's 250th celebration, part of America 250.
A 52-year-old man from Rocky Mount was sentenced last week in the July 27 shooting of a Franklin County High School basketball coach in Gretna.
Fewer Virginians were participating in the state's civilian labor force and more had lost their jobs, compared both to the previous month and a year earlier.
A lightning strike at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant on Tuesday morning caused a power outage and may have exposed two security workers to harmful vapors.
A judge ended a Spotsylvania manslaughter trial the same day it began, ruling prosecutors failed to prove criminal negligence in a 2022 compactor death.
Republican lawyer makes closing argument, Democrat makes rebuttal at the Virginia Supreme Court in the redistricting case.
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Rob Thomson, fired Tuesday morning by the Philadelphia Phillies, insisted he not only understood why he was dismissed so quickly, but had no harsh feelings toward Dave Dombrowski.
Virginia baseball second baseman Joe Tiroly wasn't hitting as well as he wanted to earlier in the year, so he changed bats and that change has sparked his second-half surge.
The Philadelphia Phillies fire manager Rob Thomson amid early-season struggles, bringing in Don Mattingly to ignite a turnaround for the playoff-bound team.
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Orange County’s Corks and Caps program earned two VADMO Virgo Awards, highlighting the county’s craft beverage industry and seasonal passport-style trail.
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Greene County Office of Emergency Services offers bottled water at 9845 Spotswood Trail for residents under a boil water advisory from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 21–22.
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Greene County Emergency Services has opened a bottled water site at 9845 Spotswood Trail in Stanardsville for boil advisory residents, open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 21–22.
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Sidewalk and curb work near Sheetz on School Board Road will close one lane April 20 for 3–4 days, with a detour and paving scheduled for April 27.
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