The Birthplace of Country Music Museum moved into its downtown Bristol quarters 10 years ago. It’s raising money to expand into an empty building next door.
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Renovations will transform 200-year-old house into a coffee shop
The long-vacant structure in Roanoke’s Fishburn Park dates to about 1820. The new owners say they hope to open Fishburn Perk in about a year.
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Belgians honor Roanoke soldier who died liberating their town 80 years ago
A small town in Belgium maintains a memorial to an American soldier who was killed there during World War II.
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Lynchburg sidewalks now bear ‘silent witness’ to city’s history of slavery
Historical markers now commemorate locations associated with the experiences of enslaved people.
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Literary magazine launch features Pulitzer-winning U.S. poet laureate with Roanoke Valley ties
Natasha Trethewey will read from her work at the Friday evening launch of the new edition of Artemis.
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A century after its last residents moved away, Craig County poor farm gets state recognition
Tracy and Bill Frist have spent years working to preserve old buildings around Craig County. They’re still determining what will happen with the old poor farm structures.
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Opening of Music Hall adds small performance venue to Lynchburg’s music scene
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.
