Blacksburg News

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Harley Helms' spirit "won't be replaced," Mayor Ron Rordam says. The Roanoke Times File 2008 Harley Helms, who died Saturday, worked as a cobbler at his Blacksburg shop, which closed in 2008.

A powerful winter storm is dumping sleet, snow and freezing rain across the region.

When the new clubhouse opens at the Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech at Fairlawn, a Blacksburg restaurant will be operating its dining facility.

BLACKSBURG - MiserWare Inc. of Blacksburg, Va., founded by Professor Kirk Cameron and Joseph Turner in 2007 to commercialize energy-saving technologies developed at Virginia Tech for PCs, laptops, and servers, is giving away software.

A new gallery will fill a vacant space in downtown Blacksburg. Main Lee Art, a gallery and studio space at 201 S. Main St., Blacksburg, will open Feb.

More than 6 inches of snow could fall in the New River Valley starting this evening.

With $12,000 already raised for relief efforts in Haiti, students with Hokies United are just getting started.

Police find remains of Va. Tech student by Collegiate Times BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The search for missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington came to an unsettling conclusion, as police confirmed her remains have been discovered at a farm approximately 10 miles from her last known sighting.

The town council signed off Tuesday night on the capital improvement program for the next five years.

"I looked down and saw what looked like a human skull, and my first thought was that it was Morgan Harrington," Dass told WTVR, adding that he immediately called 911.

Lily Moore, adopted Haitian daughter of Tim and Elizabeth Moore of Blacksburg, could come home to Virginia this week after receiving a temporary immigration status from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday.

Maybe the third time is the charm for smart growth in Blacksburg. No one can blame Blacksburg residents if they get skeptical when they hear promises of mixed-use development.

A Christiansburg woman wants some compensation from a leasing company after two home's she's rented in the past eight months were declared uninhabitable.

A survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education says two Virginia college presidents are among the top ten highest-paid public school leaders.

BLACKSBURG - A unique display of local children's art will mark Martin Luther King, Jr.

Virginia Techa s Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention and the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the College of Engineering announce the next installment in an ongoing series of art exhibits to be displayed in the second floor west wing hallway of Norris Hall.

The man who police say shot and killed eight people in a rural Virginia home is in police custody, state officials announced Wednesday.

The incident happened Monday afternoon on Washington Street near the West Campus Drive roundabout. Police say the man tried to get into the passenger side of the student's vehicle as it was headed west. He was unsuccessful and was last seen walking toward McComas Hall.

Radford Police need help identifying a woman suspected of stealing a purse at a drugstore in Radford Tuesday.