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10/6: Radford Highlanders Festival
Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains are the perfect setting for the 22nd annual Highlanders Festival in Radford, VA on Saturday, October 6th. Visitors will be delighted with a full menu of music, athletic games, sheepherding and more than 50 craft and food vendors. Set in Bisset Park along a beautiful stretch of the New River, the […]
2019 Acreage Reporting Dates
In order to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements, all producers are encouraged to visit the local FSA County FSA office to file an accurate crop certification report by the applicable deadline. The following acreage reporting dates are applicable for all Counties in Virginia: Nov. 15, 2018 grass certification (hay and pasture) The following exceptions […]
10/7: Blacksburg Fire Department Open House
The Blacksburg Fire Department would like to invite you to their annual Open House at 407 Hubbard St. (note different location from previous years). Come meet the firefighters and see the trucks. Sparky The Fire Dog will make guest appearances. LewisGale Hospital Montgomery will be providing light refreshments. This year the Fire Prevention Week theme […]
Cutting Red Tape
Our part of Virginia understands the damage that can be inflicted by excessive regulation. The War on Coal was largely waged in this manner, as the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed layers of rules providing no benefit to the environment but imposing massive new costs on the coal industry. The coal industry is […]
Focusing on What Matters
With three Town Halls this week – in Martinsville, Bristol and Catawba – the Flaccavento for Congress Campaign will have completed ninety of a planned 100 such community meetings. By our estimates, well over five thousand people have already participated, many of whom have shared their concerns, priorities and ideas about how to best solve […]
Two United Way Agencies are United
Pulaski County United Way along with United Way of Southwest Virginia announced today that they have combined forces as one organization committed to improving lives and creating lasting community-level change across the region. Details of the merger were presented during a news conference Monday at the Pulaski County Visitors Center in Dublin, Virginia. “This merger […]
10/13: The World Of The Whartons
What was it like for a young woman to run a household in Radford during the Civil War? Why was the railroad bridge at Radford burned by Union troops? Answers to these and other interesting questions will be revealed at presentations given on Saturday, October 13, 2018 as part of the Glencoe Mansion, Museum and […]
10/21: Plenty! Harvest Festival
Mark your calendars – Plenty! is hosting its 4th Annual Harvest Festival. Like past years, there will be good food, good music and good friends. This event is FREE and all are welcome to join us and celebrate: October 21st (Sunday) from noon to 4pm at Plenty! 192 Elephant Curve Road, Floyd Virginia.
9/29: Blue Ridge Motion Bible Games
This will be our first ever Bible games event! We are excited to present a different experience. A more immersive way to learn the bible! We are going to teach the bible, and it’s messages through games and activities that will in a more real way, root the understanding of God’s word in our youths minds […]
9/24: State Police Area 49 Grand Opening
Join us for the Grand Opening Ceremony and Open House of the newly established Area 49 State Police Office, serving Montgomery and Floyd counties, and the city of Radford. The Honorable Delegate L. Nick Rush will be the guest speaker. This new creation of Area 49 was needed to better serve the population especially from […]
9/25-30: Delton Fall Revival
Evangelist Gladys Arnold with Life Changing Messages! You don’t want to miss this life changing and special time! Make plans now to attend each night of the service and come prepared to receive your special life changing message of blessing! Special music worship each night! Tues, 9/25/18 – Fri, 9/28/18 @ 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 9/29/2018 […]
9/29: Fireball Charity Golf Challenge
The Ruritan Road Ruritan Club is hosting their 1st Annual Fireball Charity Golf Challenge on September 29th from noon to 6 pm. at Thorn Spring Golf Course and Event Center, 4360 Country Club Drive in Pulaski. We will start with lunch at 12pm and have a shotgun start at 1pm. $70/person (Includes meal, fees, and […]
Basic rider motorcycle course offerings at NRCC
Four basic rider motorcycle weekend courses are being offered at New River Community College in October and November. The Basic Rider Course is a three day course held in Dublin. The class is Friday evening from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in 135 Rooker Hall at NRCC, and Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 […]
9/28: Second Annual First Responders Battleship
Several canoes will enter – only one will triumph. Join us at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, to watch first responders from Christiansburg, Montgomery County and Blacksburg battle it out in the water. In this friendly competition, each team will try to sink the other’s canoe – using buckets, […]
9/29: From heART to heART
On Saturday, September 29, 2018, 12-3pm at Radford University, we will host an arts and crafts event, “From heART to heART,” an arts and crafts event raising money for children’s education in Kenya. Artists will be invited to instruct participants at various art stations. The projects will be creative, yet simple, making it easy for […]
Flood Advisory until 8:45 PM
The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a Flood Advisory for Floyd County in southwestern Virginia, and Northeastern Carroll County in southwestern Virginia until 845 PM EDT. * At 551 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated nearly stationary areas of heavy rain across central Floyd County southwestward into far northeast Carroll County. As much as […]
Flash Flood Watch until Midnight
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia, and west central Virginia Until midnight EDT tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms may produce heavy rain this afternoon and evening. Rainfall rates in some of the slower moving stronger storms will approach 2 […]