Demolition of the low-water dam across the Dan River started Friday. Removing the structure will allow for future recreational development along the waterfront, city officials have said.
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Hospital that tended to wounded Black civil rights activists receives state landmark status
Winslow Hospital treated Danville’s Black community for decades, making the difference between life and death during the city’s civil rights movement.
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New historic marker notes the legacy of Roanoke’s Claytor family
The Claytor family opened a medical clinic in Roanoke’s Gainsboro neighborhood in 1948. It was one of the first Black-owned clinics in the region.
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Roanoke’s Norwich neighborhood named to state landmarks register
The nomination is now headed to the National Park Service for possible inclusion on the National Register.
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New exhibit tells the story of a Rockbridge County family, and the slavery and emancipation that shaped it
Members of the Halliburton family were enslaved in Rockbridge County, then were freed and immigrated to Liberia. An exhibit at the Brownsburg Museum traces their journeys, struggles and triumphs.
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Grants will help communities share untold stories across Appalachia
Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia has awarded two rounds of funding to projects that seek to bring long-overdue attention to overlooked people and places.
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Trail to popular Devil’s Bathtub swimming hole gets safety improvements
The project added three new trail segments and eliminated five stream crossings.
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Cardinal adds puzzles
Cardinal News now offers sudoku, crossword puzzles and word searches.
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Maury Strauss, philanthropist and a ‘giant’ of Roanoke, dies at 99
Strauss and his family donated millions of dollars to health, education and economic development efforts around Roanoke.
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Path hasn’t been smooth for Franklin County monument to its Black Civil War soldiers
The current plan is to place the statue at Rocky Mount’s Veterans Memorial Park. But the decision came after a close vote of the commission that oversees the park.
