Franklin, Patrick and Floyd counties are embracing their ties to bootlegging with the Mountain Spirit Trail, which will feature stops at museums, distilleries and old still sites.
Culture
Rescuers turn to 3 words to find lost hikers
The what3words app, which works with Google and Apple Maps, simplifies GPS coordinates into easy-to-remember words. Fire and rescue agencies across Central and Southwest Virginia have started to use the app.
As Martinsville considers updating its mural policies, here’s a look at the city’s public art
In 2019, Martinsville became a member of the Appalachian Mural Trail, which showcases public art in communities across the region.
To keep its coyote population in check, this county offers hunters cash prizes for kills
The most recent coyote lottery in Bedford County offered a grand prize drawing of $1,000 and six $500 prizes. Some groups have called such contests cruel and unnecessary, and have questioned their efficacy.
Neighborhood celebrates ‘largest investment by a nonprofit in southeast Roanoke in decades’
The Presbyterian Community Center breaks ground on a $6 million building that will allow it to expand services in a part of Roanoke that the city has targeted for improvements.
America’s first Black ambassador will be honored in his hometown: Roanoke
The state has approved a historical marker to remember Edward Dudley, who in 1949 became U.S. Ambassador to Liberia.
Arts developer eyes Roanoke for first Virginia project
Minneapolis-based Artspace is looking at the Riverdale development — the former American Viscose property — as a place to create living and working spaces for artists.
Story of Black Lucyville community lives through new historical marker
Lucyville was founded by a freed slave in the late 19th century. Students from Cumberland Middle School helped make the marker a reality.
Mill Mountain Theatre marks 60th anniversary with show tunes and Top 40 hits
The shows take place Friday and Saturday. The theater’s 60th season also will bring back productions from previous years such as “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Annie.”
Roanoke project focuses on ‘heat islands’
A city study concluded that areas of the city with the most vulnerable populations — that is, those most likely to experience poverty, violence, food insecurity — also experienced the most extreme heat.