The location, which formerly housed Mission House Coffee, reopens this week with a sold-out show by the Local Call.
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Civil rights leaders from Danville helped lead the March on Washington. Here are their memories, 61 years later.
Because the Danville movement was so fresh and the violence toward protesters so extreme, protesters from the city were in the front of the pack in the Rev. Martin Luther King’s march, 61 years ago Wednesday.
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Natural Bridge Zoo owners can have animals in future, judge says; cost of care for seized animals yet to be determined
It also came out in court that at least two of the giraffes seized from the zoo are now pregnant.
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How a drug bust in Wythe County pushed Charley Crockett into a country music career
Today, he’s a breakout country music star. He credits an arrest on I-81 with forcing him to focus on music, not running marijuana.
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Virginia International Raceway’s fire and rescue crews can mean the difference between life and death
The raceway is one of only a few in the country to have its own fire-EMS staff. The team can respond to rollovers and grass and car fires in a matter of seconds.
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Virginia Tech’s Cube Fest 2024 melds music, art, technology
Cube Fest will run Friday through Sunday at the Moss Arts Center. This year’s theme is “Immersive Indigenous Experiences.”
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As Martinsville prepares for Baldwin anniversary, a look at the man behind the name
Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Baldwin Building, whose name honors a pioneering Black doctor and entrepreneur.
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This team has spent the summer cataloging the Appalachian Trail’s best views, to protect them for future hikers
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has sent a crew out on the trail every year since 2021 to identify the greatest views, and then provide data that the nonprofit can use to protect and enhance those spots.
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FloydFest organizers look back at first festival in brand-new location
The annual festival was canceled last year after construction issues at the new site.
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Martinsville marks anniversary of lunch counter sit-in
On Aug. 8, 1961, 10 Black men sat down and ordered food at four previously whites-only lunch counters in downtown Martinsville.