Winter Scenes
Dean's Body Shop: MSR Business of the Month

Winter, with its black ice spots and blustery weather that can lead to dents, dings and accidents is the perfect season to mention Dean's Body Shop, Main Street Radford's Business of the month for January 2012.
Kipps Elementary Teacher Among McGlothlin Awards Candidates
Six of the Blue Ridge region’s best teachers have been selected as finalists for the 2012 McGlothlin Awards for Teaching Excellence. Two winners, who will be awarded $25,000 each, will be announced April 19 at a ceremony conducted by the McGlothlin Foundation, Blue Ridge PBS and Radford University’s College of Education and Human Development.
Save the Date for the 4th Annual Blacksburg Fork and Cork Festival

The Blacksburg Partnership, a non-profit economic development organization serving the Blacksburg area, announces plans for the 4th annual Blacksburg Fork and Cork, a food, wine, and art festival. The event will be held at the First and Main Shopping District, Saturday, April 28, 2012, from noon to 6 pm. This is a rain or shine event.
Two Blacksburg Men Arrested

Taylor M. Trahan and Patrick T. Holleran, both 19 year old Blacksburg residents, were arrested by Blacksburg Police this week and charged with a combined 17 criminal offenses. The arrests are the result of an investigation into multiple reports of larcenies from vehicles beginning in September 2011 and continuing through October 2011.
Police ask for help identifying alleged thief

The Christiansburg Police Department is asking for help in identifying a shoplifting suspect. The theft occurred at the Walmart on North Franklin St. on December 19th between 7:30-8:00 p.m.,
MCPS Seeks Volunteers for Community Technology Committee

As part of the technology planning process, Montgomery County Public Schools is seeking the participation and input of the community. The purpose of the technology committee is to recommend goals, objectives, and priorities for technology in the school division.
In the Local Media Today
- Virginia Tech helmet data show youth take hard hits on football field - www.roanoke.com
- Roanoke's officer of the year 'knows when to be aggressive' - www.roanoke.com
- DEQ regulators again cite Giles County Celanese plant - www.roanoke.com
- Garbage truck repairs to come from Roanoke County budget - www.roanoke.com
- Botetourt County man, 54, gets 3 years in marijuana operation - www.roanoke.com
- Roanoke's leadership college now accepting registrations
- Elton John tickets go on sale Saturday
- Cave Spring natives heads to the Superbowl
- Lynchburg meetings will eye zoning ordinance
- Danville middle school student serves Virginia Senate
- TRAFFIC ALERT: Roanoke's Jefferson Street closed for cooling tower replacement
- Music, science merge at Danville Science Center
- Local restaurant owner says he can't afford to stay open
- Roanoke County doesn't plan to expand recycling program despite demand
- Could another Republican join the 2012 race?
- Who met the deadline for Roanoke's mayoral race?
- Bill targeting breast cancer advances in the General Assembly
- Fight over roll-your-own cigarettes is lighting up the legislature
- Tickets for Elton John's performance at Roanoke Civic Center go on sale Saturday morning
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Several years have now passed wherein I have obsessed about my obsessions and how to control them. I have come to the conclusion I will be forever bound into this process of PTSD. I believe that PTSD is a natural occurring phenomenon that is a normal process the brain uses to protect itself, and utilize the event learning experience to enable one to cope...
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- Christiansburg Remains Atop RRD Standings
- Radford Dominates Giles
- Blacksburg Outlasts Salem
- Auburn Rallies Past East Mont
- Glenvar Scored 56 Second-Half Points To Beat Floyd County
- Cougars Pound Knights
- Titans Stop Blue Demons
- Spartans Handle Bruins
- Cavaliers Tame Wildcats
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Virginia Tech Coach Frank BeamerAfter watching the many college bowl games in December 2011 and January 2012, they clearly demonstrated far superior coaching than the inferior coaching decisions of Virginia Tech. The ability of those college coaches to quickly react to offensive or defensive successes of the opposing team was very impressive. It also emphasized the stark absence of this important coaching talent at Virginia Tech. Many of the bad coaching decisions by Frank Beamer and his battery of...
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