News, events, & weather for the New River Valley of southwest Virginia.
Strong Thunderstorm Warning
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PULASKI…GILES…SOUTHWESTERN CRAIG…NORTHEASTERN SMYTH…SOUTHERN BLAND…NORTHWESTERN CARROLL…WYTHE…MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RADFORD THROUGH 330 PM EDT… At 207 PM […]
Tornado Watch in Effect until 8pm
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 348 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: VA . VIRGINIA COUNTIES […]
Possession of Child Pornography Charged
On Tuesday, May 27, 2025 officers with the Blacksburg Police Department arrested 21 year old, Nirish Chilakala. Chilakala was arrested after a search warrant was […]
RAAP develops Energetic Waste Incinerator
The Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) continues to prioritize environmental sustainability with the continued development of its new Energetic Waste Incinerator (EWI) – now slated […]
6/14: Mt. Tabor Ruritan Fish Fry
Mount Tabor Ruritan Club will hold its June Fish Fry on Saturday, June 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Slusser’s Chapel Picnic Shelter, 1543 […]
Trump Signs Griffith Resolution
U.S. President Donald J. Trump recently signed into law H.J. Res. 61, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, […]
NRCC professor featured author at book festival
NRCC English Professor Megan Doney was a featured author earlier this month at this year’s Gaithersburg Book Festival in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The annual all-day festival’s […]
Yellow Sulphur Apartments Rezoning Request
RZN-25-4-Yellow Sulphur Apartments PRD rezoning request at 3503 Holiday Lane. This is a request to rezone from General Commercial (GC) to Planned Residential (PR) to construct […]
2025 Real Estate Taxes: Due June 27
Town of Blacksburg Real Estate Tax invoices for the first installment of 2025 have been mailed and are due by Friday, June 27, 2025. If […]
Ending Alzheimer’s
Over the past two years, I have lost three cousins to Alzheimer’s. The cousins ages ranged from 66 to 84. Ages that some might think […]
Domestic Incident in Christiansburg
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. At approximately 11:30 a.m. Christiansburg Police received a call for a domestic dispute near the 2700 block of Roanoke Street. Upon arrival, officers […]
Reconciliation
The “Butterfly Effect” is an interesting theory. What it basically says is that any small change or movement in one system, “the flapping of a […]