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Randy Walker

Randy Walker is a musician and freelance writer in Roanoke. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was formerly a staff writer on (as it was then called) the Roanoke Times & World-News. He can be reached at randywalker7983@gmail.com.

This map shows where in Craig County the dispute is taking place; it was presented at a recent meeting of Friends of Craig Creek. Photo courtesy of Friends of Craig Creek.
Posted inCulture

Some say lawsuit aiming to clarify murky legal waters surrounding creekbed ownership could jeopardize Craig Creek access

by Randy Walker February 2, 2023February 1, 2023

River advocate fears loss of public access to Craig Creek, a popular recreation spot that flows through Craig and Botetourt counties.

Binti Villinger and Mickey Hickman behind the school. Photo by Randy Walker.
Posted inCulture

Historic Calfee School in Pulaski hopes to start renovation in 2023

by Randy Walker February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

“Little feet will be back in the school again, but it’ll be all shades, different colors.”

The Renner family, Mike, Bre, and 4-year-old Amelia at Bluestone State Park. Courtesy photo.
Posted inEconomy

West Virginia lures remote workers with fresh air, lower costs — and an incentive program. Could this be a model for rural Virginia?

by Randy Walker January 25, 2023January 24, 2023

Communities with dwindling population should consider programs similar to Ascend West Virginia, which pays remote workers $12,000 to move to four rural localities, one economics professor said.

Posted inPolitics

Tax incentives for mobile home park owners who sell to nonprofits proposed in Virginia Senate

by Randy Walker January 24, 2023January 25, 2023

State Sen. Hashmi, who introduced the bill to counteract the national trend of large corporations buying mobile home parks and raising the rates on tenants, has been following the story Cardinal News broke on Massie’s mobile home park in Christiansburg.

Young entrepreneur Amerah Funk, 18, took the "Keys to Success" class. Pictured in Norton, Va., she has her own photography business. Courtesy Amerah Funk Photography.
Posted inEducation

Napoleon Hill Foundation and UVA Wise develop online entrepreneurship course for students in far Southwest Virginia

by Randy Walker December 20, 2022January 3, 2023

UVA Wise’s “Keys To Success” class is now available online to high school students through the Napoleon Hill Foundation. The course aims to inspire young entrepreneurs in coalfield counties.

Dr. Umar Sofi with "Hal," a patient manikin, in Carilion Clinic's Center for Simulation, Research and Patient Safety. A rough prototype of Sofi's invention, the Flow Regulated Nasal Delivery System, is attached to Hal. Photo by Randy Walker.
Posted inEconomy

During COVID, a doctor had an idea for how to improve oxygen delivery. Carilion is helping him patent it.

by Randy Walker December 12, 2022December 11, 2022

Carilion Clinic’s Innovation program, which launched in January 2020, helps develop and bring to market products and services developed by Carilion personnel. Any profit is split between inventors and the nonprofit hospital.

Radford University geologists Skip Watts and Beth McClellan on a rock overlooking Mountain Lake in Giles County. Photo by Randy Walker.
Posted inCulture

Geologists still plumbing the secrets of Mountain Lake and its mysterious fluctuations

by Randy Walker December 5, 2022December 3, 2022

Mountain Lake Lodge adapts to natural cycles.

One of the entrances to Massie Mobile Home Park in Montgomery County. Photo by Randy Walker.
Posted inEconomy

Mobile home park residents in Montgomery County sue new owner over water shutoff

by Randy Walker December 2, 2022January 26, 2023

The park is now owned by a company linked to the Alden Global Capital hedge fund. “We felt that the evidence could prove that it was willful,” attorney for residents says.

Alex Hyler, VP and chief scientific officer of CytoRecovery, at the company's facility at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. Center: Dean Thomas, product manager. Right: Kyle Kinskie, research intern. Photo by Randy Walker.
Posted inEconomy

Blacksburg’s CytoRecovery commercializes a patented cell-sorting method

by Randy Walker November 23, 2022November 22, 2022

The biotech startup made its first sale in September

Driver Becky Fields with Camrett's Volvo VNR Electric.
Posted inEconomy

Electric trucks are already running daily routes in Southwest Virginia

by Randy Walker November 8, 2022November 7, 2022

Writer tries out an electric truck on Volvo’s “customer experience track.”

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