Gladys West spent a brief stint teaching math in Martinsville in the 1950s before moving to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, where her work helped lay the foundation for GPS systems. She died last week at age 95.
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Preservation project is bringing new attention to lost graves in Danville
For more than a century, Freedmen’s Cemetery was the only public place Black residents could be buried in Danville. What started as a beautification project at the overlooked cemetery evolved to include ground-penetrating radar work to find unmarked burials.
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‘Micro-resort’ will bring glamping to a quiet corner of Pittsylvania County
Echo Valley will sit on land that has been in Bethann James’ family for over 130 years. The owners expect it to open this spring.
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Roanoke’s newest venue fills a niche in the city’s music scene
The Exchange Music Hall is part of a complex that includes a boutique hotel and a restaurant, all inside a grand former bank building in downtown Roanoke. The music venue had its grand opening on New Year’s Eve.
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Rocky Mount unveils monument to Black Civil War soldiers
The monument lists the names of the 70 Franklin County-born members of the U.S. Colored Troops whom it honors.
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Bristol’s own ‘Chef T’ cooks up an Appalachian breakfast with a Caribbean twist for the first gentleman’s breakfast
Chef Torrece Gregoire used ingredients from Southwest Virginia in the menu she created for Sunday’s First Gentleman’s Pancake Breakfast.
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Pawpaws proposed to be official state fruit
Pawpaws are a green-skinned, jelly-bean-shaped fruit with a yellow custardy center that’s packed with nutrients and tastes like a combination of mango, apple, banana and pina colada.
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Inauguration events featured leather, streetwear, cookies and hard cider from Southwest Virginia
Businesses from Bristol, Roanoke and Callaway were among those offering Virginia-made goods during Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s inauguration weekend.
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Crooked Road troupe brings sounds of the mountains to Richmond inaugural parade
A marching string band of about 25 top old-time and bluegrass musicians played for Virginia’s new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
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Monument to Black Civil War troops to be dedicated Sunday in Rocky Mount
The event is the culmination of several years of research, politicking and patience on the part of the Franklin County NAACP, the monument committee and community volunteers, who were determined to balance the county’s multiple Confederate monuments with a testament to untold Black history.
