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Binti Villinger and Mickey Hickman behind the school. Photo by Randy Walker.
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Historic Calfee School in Pulaski hopes to start renovation in 2023

by Randy Walker February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

“Little feet will be back in the school again, but it’ll be all shades, different colors.”

The Warming Center is located in Forest Hills Presbyterian Church. Photo by Dean-Paul Stephens.
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Warming Center sheds light on invisible problem of homelessness in Martinsville

by Dean-Paul Stephens January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

When the center opened seven years ago, it served five to ten people. Now it’s averaging 19, with a top figure of 29.

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More than a year later, scientists in Martinsville are still working on skeleton of ice age cat found in Lee County

by Emily Hemphill January 23, 2023January 22, 2023

In the fall of 2021, cavers removed a skeleton of an ice age cat in Lee County. The lab technician working to free the skeleton from the surrounding rock estimates she has already devoted roughly 1,000 hours to the project, with more to come.

Erik Gottman. Photo by Doug Doughty.
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A lacrosse player’s save like no other

by Doug Doughty January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

VMI lacrosse player on a Christmas ski trip to the Alps helped save people buried in an avalanche.

Part of the exhibit. Courtesy of the Rev. Tyler Millner.
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Martinsville church will host exhibit on Martin Luther King Jr.

by Dean-Paul Stephens January 13, 2023January 15, 2023

Beginning Sunday and running through Feb. 15, the Rev. Tyler C. Millner will make his collection, detailing the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., available for public viewing at his Martinsville church, Morning Star Holy Church. 

Left to Right: Elbi Cespedes, Imani Youngblood* and Andrew Mauney* *Imani Youngblood, Andrew Mauney, appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. 
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Canceled shows put Mill Mountain Theatre in the red. COVID relief funds saved it.

by Mike Allen January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

The professional theater in Roanoke fell $239,000 short on ticket sales in 2022. CARES act funding helped get the theatre through, and it will feature all musicals in 2023, which generate more revenue.

Promotional materials for Gordon Smith's talk. He is the son of Tuskegee Airman Luther Smith.
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Son of Tuskegee Airman to share story in Roanoke

by Michael Hemphill January 3, 2023January 5, 2023

Only three members of the famed World War II unit of Black pilots remains alive. Gordon Smith has taken it upon himself to carry their story forward. He will speak Friday at the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.

Amy Rinker and Patrick Davis. Courtesy of Rinker and Davis.
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Meet some of the people moving into Southwest and Southside Virginia

by Lindley Estes December 29, 2022December 29, 2022

Census stats show that even before the pandemic, more people were moving into many rural localities than were moving out. Cardinal News spoke to a few people who recently moved to the region.

The MacGillivray's warbler spotted at Lake Shenandoah in Rockingham County. Courtesy of Garland Kitts.
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A bird that shouldn’t be here has been spotted in the Shenandoah Valley

by Emily Hemphill December 26, 2022December 26, 2022

Birders are flocking to Rockingham County to see a MacGillivray’s warbler, a West Coast species that should be in Mexico or Central America for the winter.

Radford University geologists Skip Watts and Beth McClellan on a rock overlooking Mountain Lake in Giles County. Photo by Randy Walker.
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Geologists still plumbing the secrets of Mountain Lake and its mysterious fluctuations

by Randy Walker December 5, 2022December 3, 2022

Mountain Lake Lodge adapts to natural cycles.

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