“What we built was the prototype that didn’t break and wouldn’t stop.”
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.
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A historic house and a love story
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and his wife share the history of their 19th century home in Craig County.
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Roanoke’s Victor Cardwell is first Black president of Virginia Bar Association
“You have to believe that you can control your future, you have to believe that people want to support you.”
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Nelson Harris is Roanoke’s historical marker champion
So far, he’s been involved in getting six historical markers erected or approved in the Roanoke Valley with two more in the pipeline.
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Small town theaters: Warm memories help, but success takes more than nostalgia
Many small towns across Southwest and Southside have reopened their old downtown theaters. Here’s a look at some.
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University and community must sink or swim together, new Radford president says
Bret Danilowicz is former marine biologist.
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Why are people going to Martinsville for wind turbine training?
The program is “a calculated move” to put the New College Institute on the map internationally.
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Blacksburg company helps power missions to Mars and beyond
A part the company designed was critical to the safe landing of the Perseverance craft on the Red Planet.
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From grade-school struggle to college president
Roanoke College’s new president says his transition is ‘the most shocking thing you could ever imagine.’
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Blacksburg-launched weather balloons wind up … maybe in the Atlantic
The National Weather Service office in Blacksburg launches at least two a day. We have video of one of them.
