New River Voice

The Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club at New River Community College will host a free concert on Saturday, Nov. 14. The concert will showcase performances from bluegrass performers John Viers and Friends along with Zephyr Lightning Bolts...

Next Wednesday, Nov. 11, the United States marks the 56th Veterans Day observance. Across the nation, we will pay tribute to America’s 25 million living veterans and the more than one million who have given their lives in military service. ...

Morning mist clung to the hillsides like wood smoke. A heron pulled itself up from the river’s edge and ambled downstream. Higher up, a pilliated woodpecker crossed from bank to bank, moving from West Virginia into Virginia. Higher still, eagles patrolled their patch of woods and water. ...

Perhaps the lack of a story is the story. On Thursday the Radford University Faculty Senate held its regularly scheduled meeting, which resembled much more of typical meeting than many of those from the spring semester and the fall semester thus far. At RU’s Oct. ...

8:50 p.m. New River Voice projects a Republican sweep in statewide elections. See the latest results below. Governor Creigh Deeds (D) — 520,259 Bob McDonnell (R) — 799,655 Lt. Go...

For election results in the New River Valley, please scroll down for the race or geographic area that interests you. As of 9 p.m.: HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 6TH DISTRICT Anne B...

The Radford University Department of Dance is presenting Eating Appalachia: Selling Out to the Hungry Ghost, a multimedia dance/theatre piece produced in response to mountaintop removal, in RU’s Bondurant Auditorium at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. ...

The Town of Blacksburg is seeking public input to identify opportunities for designation of town-wide contiguous bike routes. These routes will provide cyclists with the ability to make short trips, commute to work and school, and run utilitarian errands around town...

Election Day is almost here, so the New River Voice asked 6th District Delegate candidates Carole Pratt (D) and Anne B. Crockett-Stark (R) to answer a few questions. Crockett-Stark did not respond, but the Q&A with Pratt is below...

~The following was published in The Floyd Press on October 29, 2009 along with a photo spread (these and others). It also appears on the Press’s online site HERE. Under unexpected blue skies, a banner crowd turned out for the first annual SplitRail Eco-Fair on Saturday, October 24th. ...

Here’s a simple spooky snack or appetizer from BHG.com that the kids will love. You just need refrigerated bread sticks, frankfurters, ketchup, and mustard to get Mummy Wraps. The prep time is only 15 minutes and then pop these Mummy Wraps into the oven to bake for about 12 minutes.

Talk about brain food, your Halloween zombies will love picking through this appetizer from BHG.com. The Scary Cerebrum will have your guests chuckling and praising your creativity . . . and complimenting you on how great this tastes...

Wraps are a kid-friendly treat anytime, but for Halloween you can take that traditional ham-and-turkey wrap and turn it into something special. With about 30 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes baking time, the folks at BHG.com offer a fantastic recipe with a little touch of whimsy...