Briefs: Ferrum College holds fundraiser for food-insecure homes. Forest Service to close two trails in Montgomery County for maintenance.
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Giles County agency sues state for denying hospital bed to youth in mental crisis; more . . .
Briefs: Transplant patient who got pig heart from Blacksburg company dies. Daughter of late state Sen. Ben Chafin featured in vaccination ad. Budweiser Clydesdales may not be in Roanoke parade, after all.
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Emmy-nominated Gangstagrass to perform in Rocky Mount
Briefs: Lynchburg’s Craddock Terry Hotel now affiliated with Marriott. Junior Achievement seeks volunteers in Roanoke, Salem. Wytheville Community College hosts jamboree March 19.
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Hank Williams Jr. to perform in Salem; more . . .
From elsewhere: Chronic wasting disease found in Floyd County deer. Halifax County to borrow $110 million for new school. New chamber president named for Danville Pittsylvania County.
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Randolph College names new president
Sue Ott Rowlands has been provost and vice president at Northern Kentucky and a dean at Virginia Tech.
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Applications now open for STEM-H scholarships at Virginia Western; more . . .
Briefs: Fralin research is Tech’s first NIH outstanding investigator. Carilion hospitals to relax visitation rules today. Tech professor receives grant to study Lyme disease.
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Youngkin wants role in hiring community college chancellor; more . . .
From elsewhere: Senate panel votes down Catawba Hospital study. Sunday hunting on public lands gets OK. Pulaski County has new welding lab for students.
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Tedeschi Trucks coming to Rocky Mount April 21
The famed blues rock band will perform at The Harvester.
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Navy band to perform at Radford; more . . .
Briefs: Lime Kiln announces staff, board changes. Griffith to hold service academy day in Wytheville. VCEDA awards grant to business in Lebanon. Roanoke College adds advisors.
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Forest Service sets prescribed burns
Burns are set in Amherst, Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and Wise counties.