Part I: ‘Where the complexion shall be no barrier.’
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‘I can’t make the town stay there’
A bill would ‘terminate’ the town of St. Charles in Lee County.
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‘When she sings, it’s like the voice of God’
Marisa Sifontes has made an unusual journey from lawyer to the pulpit. She once sang with Grammy winner John Legend.
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Caving team discovers, retrieves rare ice age-era cat skeleton from Southwest Virginia cave
A paleontologist suspects the bones belonged to an American cheetah that lived in Lee County could be up to 500,000 years old.
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Earl White carries on tradition of Black string-band music
You can also listen to the Floyd County musician describe his love of the genre.
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Clinch Mountain Boys set Youngkin toe-tapping to a fiddle tune
Inaugural parade featured several units from Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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Head welcomes new governor with song
Botetourt County delegate was part of duet that sang the national anthem.
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Cooperative Extension wins grant to boost vaccine education
Program targets 10 low-vaccinated communities, mostly in Southwest and Southside.
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Roanoke museum wants to become a state agency
State Sen. John Edwards’ bill would convert Virginia Museum of Transportation from non-profit to state agency.
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What next for the Afghans at Fort Pickett?
Virginia has resettled 4,032 Afghans but about 5,000 remain at the military base in Nottoway County.