Virginia news

• Marion salutes police officers, acknowledges the risk they face

  22-05-2017 23:45
  
  While the names on the walls of the national police officers’ memorial were forefront in many minds this week, the Marion Police Department’s chaplain reflected on the blank space – the place where more names can be engraved. It was…
  
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• Floyd County School Board meeting Wednesday

  22-05-2017 20:10
  
  The Floyd County School Board will conduct a special called meeting on Wednesday, May 24 at the School Board Administrative Office.
  
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• Tazewell County remembers fallen officers

  22-05-2017 19:54
  
  Fallen officers from three counties were remembered during the Memorial service to conclude Police Officers Memorial Week May 20.
  
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• One-time Marion Scout ready to bolster scouting in Smyth, region

  22-05-2017 17:00
  
  When former Marion resident David Goodman accepted his position as council program director with the Boy Scouts of America Blue Ridge Mountains Council in mid-April, he had several goals in mind.
  
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• Extension Answers: Award-winning nutrition programming in Smyth County

  22-05-2017 14:00
  
  I am taking a brief timeout from my weekly farm and home columns to tell you about some of the wonderful work in which my coworkers are engaged. Hannah Call and Kim Russell are both Smyth County natives and each…
  
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• How the Swastika Became a Confederate Flag

  22-05-2017 10:21
  Beneath the surface of white supremacism are symbols rooted in the Third Reich.
  
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