Giles County News

Adrian Williams, owner of Super Val U Grocery in Newport, says he installed security cameras and moved packs and cartons of cigarettes behind the counter to make them more difficult to steal.

After nearly 18 years, the fate of a national scenic designation for 20 miles of the river will be known next year.

Wanda Sperling, 80, of Rich Creek is a plein air painter who loves being outdoors.

A 17-year effort to bring National Wild and Scenic River designation to a 19.3-mile stretch of the New River is nearing an end.

A Giles County woman was taken to the hospital after striking a utility pole guy wire with her vehicle early Saturday morning, Blacksburg police said.

The following is a list of highway projects that may affect traffic this week. For statewide traffic information for major roadways, dial 511 or visit www.511Virginia.org . INTERSTATE 81 Paving: Weather permitting, lane closures may be in place for pavement repairs and paving on northbound and southbound I-81 in Botetourt County between mile ...

After losing their last owner-operated cobbler shop last year, New River Valley residents have a new place to take their beloved and broken-in footwear.

Surveillance cameras at the Super Val U Grocery in Newport captured images of a man breaking into the store Oct.

Catherine Webb has been named Virginia's Teacher of the Year and will now compete for the national title.

Giles County deputies are searching for an armed robbery suspect at a local Dairy Queen.

A huge award for a local teacher- The Virginia Teacher of the year for 2010 is from Giles County.

Police officers statewide wanted to thank their police dogs and constant companions.

Virginia has received its first shipments of H1N1 influenza vaccine: thousands of doses of nasal mist to immunize health care workers.

Covenant Christian Academy was looking for a new administrator this summer. Instead they got Mike Whitaker: preacher, computer guru, Arabian horse breeder, teacher, and, yes, school leader.

Some of my fondest childhood memories revolve around annual family reunions at Mountain Lake in Giles County, but I haven't been there in almost 25 years.

A Narrows High School teacher will conduct experiments in a program that simulates space.

Here's the news release from the New River Valley Economic Development Alliance: Planet Care, Inc.

PEMBROKE, Va. - When he responded to a casting call for extras in a film starring a then up-and-coming actor named Patrick Swayze, Randy Lamb was surprised to learn that the movie being filmed at the Mountain Lake Hotel in rural Giles County had no official name.

It was Mountain Lake where Patrick Swayze first introduced "Baby" to dirty dancing, and it was the movie "Dirty Dancing" that first introduced Mountain Lake to the world.

Area residents looking for something to do this weekend have plenty of options. A number of fall festivals and related activities are underway in the region, including the 30th annual Bluefield, Va.