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Photos: Ruggles open Country Creations at Troutville home
Earl and Linda Ruggles at Mini Blessings Farm have been members of the Botetourt Farm Families for a couple of years.
Holiday lights: Linda Blessard has her lights up
Are your Christmas lights up yet? Linda Blessard of Cloverdale has hers up. She's the first person from Botetourt to put her holiday light display on the map -- specifically, our annual online map of big light spectaculars.
Simple reasons are enough to give thanks
What are you thankful for? When I put that question to The Roanoke Times' readers, their responses were interesting, enlightening and endearing.
New scam targets our four-legged friends
The economy has been tough for some pet owners. So much so, that some are trying to find their pets a new home.
Traffic Alert: I-81 accident Botetourt Co.
VDOT says the original accident north of the truck stop exit has been cleared. Now there's a second accident about half-a-mile before the truck stop exit, that has the northbound left shoulder blocked.
Musical benefit for Shirley Niday on Saturday, November 28
Shirley Niday of Troutville continues her struggle against recurrent breast cancer.
New checklist coming for local birders - roanoke.com
Good news for Roanoke-area birders: Barry Kinzie is working on a new edition of his essential checklist for the Roanoke Valley.
We arrived early, expecting to jostle for position with large numbers of Stop Titan activists anxious to speak against the Carolinas Cement Company's plan to rebuild at a former cement plant site north of Wilmington.
Photos: Troutville's Genevieve Journell replicates Vionnet for Exhibit
Genevieve Journell, a couturier who has a shop called Catrina Fashion's in Troutville, sews and designs beautiful gowns and wedding dresses and it is no wonder she had an honor bestowed upon her by the Association of Sewing and Design professionals to create one of the half scale models .
Sheriff's statement on arrest of three teens charged with break-in at Lord Botetourt field house
Here's the full statement from the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office about the arrest of three people charged with the break-in at the Lord Botetourt field house : Botetourt County Sheriff Ronnie N. Sprinkle announced today that three Botetourt County teen-age adult males have been arrested and charged in connection with break-ins involving six ...
Mary Pate of Troutville earns highest Girl Scout award
Girl Scout Mary Pate of Troutville helped children at two local daycares develop an appreciation for music by showing them how to make musical instruments inexpensively out of household items.
For nearly a decade, Robyn Dobyns has been called on to do chores as diverse as burying a dead cat, scrounging up wheelchair parts and finding a way to get six cases of bananas to the local food pantry.
The entrants in this year's Roanoke City Art Show
And here they are: Lee Penny Baker, Gerry Bannan, Roy Baugher III, Susan Bidwell, Ann Glover, Andrea Hagy, Betsy Hale Bannan, John Hamill, Sarah Hazelgrove, Suzun Hughes, Christopher Jones, Scott Kitts, Brett LaGue, Sherrye J. Lantz, Nan Mahone-Wellborn, Brad McLean, Ingrid Moldenhauer, Patricia Placona, Kendra Portnova, Brian Sieveking, Nancy ...
File June The Ukrop's building in Roanoke was specially designed for the Richmond-based grocery chain.
Ukrop's to close Roanoke location
File June Ukrop's in the Ivy Market retail center on Franklin Road in Roanoke will close Oct.
PETA offers to rent the Botetourt Correctional Center to house chicken museum
This morning, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Virginia Gov.
PETA wants to turn Va prison into chicken museum
An animal rights group wants to rent a prison building the state plans to close and turn it into the nation's first chicken empathy museum.
Richmond cuts and Troutville winces
State government's budget knife can leave a nasty wound, no matter how insignificant the slice.
Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest Winners
The Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest is held annually and is sponsored by the Smyth-Bland Regional Library in Marion, Virginia.
Kaine further tightens Virginia belt
A state correctional facility in Botetourt County will close, state colleges will lose more funding, and nearly 600 workers will lose jobs because of more budget cuts that Gov.
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