News, events, & weather for the New River Valley of southwest Virginia.
Façade Grant Program
Now accepting fifth round of façade grant applications. In 2019, the Town of Christiansburg created a new program aimed at helping property or business owners […]
Blacksburg En Blanc: August 10
On Saturday, August 10 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm, the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation (BMCF) will host a picnic fundraiser on the lawn of the […]
Local Quilt Group Supports Nonprofits
Five years ago, Alice Schaaf moved to the area and wanted to get to know people in her New River Valley home, so she turned […]
Vietnam and Italy Photos win contest
Eva Nicole Hinrichsen of Blacksburg won the Radford Photo Club night photography challenge for July with a photo taken in Hanoi. She explains that the […]
Boar’s Head Deli Meat Recall
Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc., a Jarratt, Va., establishment, is expanding its July 26, 2024, recall of deli meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, […]
Mar-Bal Donates to YMCA
Mar-Bal Corporation recently donated $750.00 to the YMCA of Pulaski County to assist area families with paying the cost of registration in the after-school enrichment […]
Toms Creek Basin Meetings
Blacksburg community members are invited to join in ongoing conversation about Toms Creek Basin (TCB) as the TCB Planning Study team hosts two public events […]
8/15: Fellowship, Music, and Ice Cream!
We invite you to enjoy an evening of fellowship, music and ice cream with us!! Date: Thursday, August 15 Time: 6:00 p.m. ice cream 7:00 […]
Cellphone policies in public schools
Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order to draft a plan for cell phone-free education in Virginia’s K-12 public schools. The executive order directs VDOE […]
Sign up for Floyd Backpack Program
New River Community Action invites you to sign your child/children up for the Floyd County weekend food Backpack Program. The Backpack Program is designed to […]
Governor announces funding for BEAD
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today the release of the federally approved Virginia Initial Proposal Volume 2 that will enable Virginia to access its allocation of […]
To Czar or Not to Czar?
The House of Representatives voted recently on a resolution condemning the failures of the Biden-Harris Administration to secure the United States southern border. President Biden […]