The free event, which will be held Saturday at Baldwin Park, will feature live music, food trucks and vendors.
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A plane carrying 570 pounds of marijuana crashed in Carroll County. Decades later, the tale of Wally Thrasher is hitting the small screen.
The docuseries “Where’s Wally?” explores the colorful life and mysterious disappearance of Pulaski native Wally Thrasher.
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Grants funded by your car insurance pay for surveillance tech in Virginia
A fund created in the 1990s to reward car theft tips now provides over $1 million a year for surveillance tech for police.
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VA 250 mobile museum stops in Danville this week during its yearslong journey through the state
The interactive museum on wheels hopes to reach every middle school in Virginia to share stories about the commonwealth’s role in the birth of the nation 250 years ago.
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3 new bike trails are a highlight of recreation project on Roanoke’s Mill Mountain
The expansion builds on the city’s 2018 designation as a noted mountain biking destination.
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Damascus, hit hard by Helene, is now ready to welcome hikers again
The Washington County town annually holds its “Trail Days” celebration for hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Despite last fall’s flood, some think this year’s festival might be the biggest yet.
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Rare 1950 recording by the Stanley Brothers found broken but has been restored through 3D technology
Selected songs will be played Thursday at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol.
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Welcome guests: Churches hosted KKK recruitment a hundred years ago.
A local historian found a curious trend looking through 100-year-old editions of the local paper. November 1924 was the month the KKK came to Martinsville to recruit during a time of resurgence for the Klan.
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Double Green heads back to the woods, a year older and 170 pounds heavier
The bear, who was rescued from a brush fire in Wythe County, is now a yearling who weighs a “whopping” 176 pounds.
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The first Black woman to author a cookbook in the U.S. lived in Virginia many years
Malinda Russell resided, at various times, in Lynchburg and Abingdon. Her 19th century cookbook has recently been reprinted by the University of Michigan.