John Reburn is a print artist and owner of Roanoke Valley Printworks in downtown Roanoke.; reburn print maker roanoke virginia art style; North American Festival of Traditional Arts; Art; Canada; Mexico; NAFTA; North America; Tennessee; Veracruz; appalachian; arts; bluegrass; canadian; clog; jefferson center; Meg Martin; mexican; music; quebecois; tradition; Entrant in Virginia Tech's Four Minute Film Festival competion ; The making of "Not So Super Heroes": Entrant in Virginia Tech's ; Food columnist Lindsey Nair asks the perennial question: Wings at home or wings at a restaurant?; column; food; roanoke times; wings; Ralph Berrier Jr. gives a tour of Wayne Newton's three homes in Roanoke. ; Homes; music; roanoke; virginia; wayne newton; Ba Doh Htoo, his wife, Eh Eh, stepson Eh Moo and stepdaughter Law Eh arrived in Roanoke in August from Myanmar (Burma) via a refugee camp in Thailand.; Meg Martin; Military; beth macy; burma; junta; myanmar; politics; refugee; stephanie klein-davis; Steam locomotives return to the Virginia Transportation Museum; Virginia Transportation Museum; steam locomotives; Jeep Cherokee crashes into a house on Colonial and Wonju. ; An electrical fire sparked a downtown-wide power outage Monday morning in Roanoke. Buildings were evacuated, businesses were temporarily shut down and people took to the street.; breaking news; downtown; MOS; pete; Pete Dybdahl; power; roanoke; Roanoke Times food writer Lindsey Nair takes a tour of the offerings at the annual Roanoke Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church; annual; church; community; festival; food; fridge magnet; greek; greek fest; Holy Trinity; Lindsey Nair; Meg Martin; music; orthodox; Parish; roanoke; The Roanoke Times' Lindsey Nair, Wendy Maxey and Pete Dybdahl went to the Roanoke City Market to give their first-ever "Chili Pepper Challenge."; food; hot; peppers; spicy; Dave Matthews, NAS, Phil Vassar and John Mayer performed in Blacksburg for "A Concert for Virginia Tech," a show aimed at bringing together the university community and helping it heal after the April 16 shootings.; Phil Vassar performed in Blacksburg for "A Concert for Virginia Tech," a show aimed at bringing together the university community and helping it heal after the April 16 shootings.; Nas performed in Blacksburg for "A Concert for Virginia Tech," a show aimed at bringing together the university community and helping it heal after the April 16 shootings.; John Mayer performed in Blacksburg for "A Concert for Virginia Tech," a show aimed at bringing together the university community and helping it heal after the April 16 shootings.; Dave Matthews Band performed in Blacksburg for "A Concert for Virginia Tech," a show aimed at bringing together the university community and helping it heal after the April 16 shootings.; Thousands of people gathered on Virginia Tech's Drillfield on Aug. 19 for the dedication of the university's April 16 Memorial.; April 16 memorial; Virginia Tech; Heidi Miller discusses life after the April 16 Virginia Tech shootings.; VT shootings; Virginia Tech; Area middle school students learn the art of film production in a week long camp at Virgina's Explore Park.; Wakeboarding on Smith Mountain Lake; roanoke; smith mountain lake; video; virginia; wakeboarding; A day of fishing with Mark Taylor and friends.; Mark Taylor; fishing; outdoors; Julia Pryde was killed in the shootings at Virginia Tech on April 16. But her friends hope her spirit will live on -- in a garden that they have designed and planted on the VIrginia Tech campus.; Meg Martin; VT; Virginia Tech; beth macy; garden; Floyd Fest held in Floyd County, VA.; Jack Edling took a few sight see'rs up for a ride in his balloon over Ropckjbridge County Monday evening near Lexington Virginia.; Jevon Rose skateboards with a prosthesis.; Virginia Tech professor Ishwar Puri describes the value of Norris Hall; Virginia Tech professor Ishwar Puri describes the value of Norri; Nikki Giovanni's speech at the Virginia Tech convocation.; Ronnie Trantham talks about being caught in a drug sting and his prison sentence. ; Ronnie Trantham; corruption; drug sting; investigation; prison; Bedford County, which enrolls approximately 11,000 students, has reported at least five cases of infections with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in its school system this fall, three at Staunton River and two at Jefferson Forest.; MIll Mountain zoo director, Sean Greene steps down.; mill mountain zoo; sean greene; Salem resident Debra Stockton-Smith has a problem. Her house on Buck Hollow Road lies about 300 feet from an I-81 overpass. The highway and the house have coexisted for decades. But now, Stockton-Smith says, the noise has become too much.; Ba Doh Htoo, his wife, Eh Eh, stepson Eh Moo and stepdaughter Law Eh arrived in Roanoke in August from Myanmar (Burma) via a refugee camp in Thailand.; Meg Martin; Military; beth macy; burma; junta; myanmar; politics; refugee; stephanie klein-davis; Steam locomotives return to the Virginia Transportation Museum; Virginia Transportation Museum; steam locomotives; Jeep Cherokee crashes into a house on Colonial and Wonju. ; Judge Ray Grubbs has decided to move William Morva's capital murder trial out of Montgomery County.; Meg Martin; Pool; circuit court; grubbs; jim ellison; montgomery county; morva; trial; Judge Ray Grubbs has decided to move William Morva's capital murder trial out of Montgomery County.; Judge; Meg Martin; court; grubbs; jim ellison; montgomery county; morva; trial; An electrical fire sparked a downtown-wide power outage Monday morning in Roanoke. Buildings were evacuated, businesses were temporarily shut down and people took to the street.; breaking news; downtown; MOS; pete; Pete Dybdahl; power; roanoke; Marine reservists deployed from Roanoke County ; deploy; Iraq; Marine; stephanie klein-davis; William Morva is accused of killing a hospital security guard and sheriff's corporal during his escape from police custody on the Huckleberry Trail. ; case; Crime; huckleberry; montgomery county; morva; opening day; roanoke; trial; Tiki Barber visited Roanoke to talk to eighth-grade students about dreams and offer his support for children and community involvement.; books; children; Football; nbc; retiring; roanoke; Tiki Barber; today show; Forty nine years after their mother Dot Stanley opened up Dot's Salon of Beauty, two daughters close their beauty parlor in the Patrick Henry Hotel. Video by Josh Meltzer | The Roanoke Times; beauty; history; roanoke; salon; store; Salem High student Karl Sorenson is one of 40 students to make it to the finals in the Discovery Channel's Young Scientist Challenge.; Former Henry County Sheriff Frank Cassell receives sentencing for a corruption scandal in Federal Court.; cassell; Henry County; roanoke times; sheriff; Dave Matthews, NAS, Phil Vassar and John Mayer performed in Blacksburg for "A Concert for Virginia Tech," a show aimed at bringing together the university community and helping it heal after the April 16 shootings.; The panel convened by Gov. Tim Kaine to investigate the Virginia Tech shootings of April 16 presented its findings to the public and the University community in Blacksburg.; charles steger; governor; investigation; kaine; panel; shooting; steger; tech; Virginia Tech; The panel convened by Gov. Tim Kaine to investigate the Virginia Tech shootings of April 16 presented its findings to the public and the University community in Blacksburg.; charles steger; governor; investigation; kaine; panel; shooting; steger; tech; Virginia Tech; The panel appointed by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to investigate the shootings on April 16 at Virginia Tech released its findings today at a press conference in Blacksburg, Va.; The panel convened by Gov. Tim Kaine to investigate the Virginia Tech shootings of April 16 presented its findings to the public and the University community in Blacksburg.; governor; investigation; kaine; panel; steger; tech; Virginia Tech; The panel appointed by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to investigate the shootings on April 16 at Virginia Tech released its findings today at a press conference in Blacksburg, Va.; The panel convened by Gov. Tim Kaine to investigate the Virginia Tech shootings of April 16 presented its findings to the public and the University community in Blacksburg.; kaine; panel; shootings; steger; tech; Virginia Tech; The panel appointed by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to investigate the shootings on April 16 at Virginia Tech released its findings today at a press conference in Blacksburg, Va.; Virginia Tech; kaine; panel; shootings; stieger; tech; Roanoke College and Habitat for Humanity are working on building Freda Wright a house as part of incoming freshmen community service.; Habitat for Humanity; Roanoke College; freshman; Virginia Tech's new class of its Corps of Cadets spends its first week in boot camp; Virginia Tech's new class of its Corps of Cadets spends its firs; Virginia's new abusive driver fees are being challenged in a lawsuit filed in Roanoke County today. Here, lawyers address media questions at the news conference announcing the suit.; Shannon Pittman-Price; abusive driver; roanoke county; Roanoke Times food writer Lindsey Nair stopped by the Hotel Roanoke Friday to sneak a peek into Southern-comfort chef Paula Deen's invite-only cooking tour.; cooking; food; fridge magnet; hotel roanoke; Lindsey Nair; Meg Martin; paula deen; south; Blacksburg builds park for skateboarding, bicycle stunt riding; New Blacksburg skateboard; stunt bike park; Happy's, one of the oldest flea markets in Virginia, was sold in July to an investment group in Washington. General manager Greg Beecher said nothing will change at Happy's with the new ownership and will continue to operate as a flea market.; People are buying carbon monoxide detectors in large numbers the day after a gas leak sent many Virginia Tech students to the hospital.; Virginia Tech carbon monoxide students; Thousands of people gathered on Virginia Tech's Drillfield on Aug. 19 for the dedication of the university's April 16 Memorial.; April 16 memorial; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech alumna Helen Dooley and her husband, David Hawkins, are moving their youngest son into his first dorm room at Virginia Tech. Dooley and her son, Stephen, talk about his decision to attend the school despite the events of April 16. ; VT; Virginia Tech; beth macy; freshman; Heidi Miller discusses life after the April 16 Virginia Tech shootings.; VT shootings; Virginia Tech; Carilion Clinic celebrated the completion of a four-year, $105 million project to consolidate two hospitals.; carilion; dedication; Health; hospital; Carilion Clinic celebrated the completion of a four-year, $105 million project to consolidate two hospitals.; carilion; Health; hospital; Curator talks about how they keep the animals at the zoo cool in hot weather.; Gov. Tim Kaine and his cabinet met with local leaders and members of nonprofit organizations at the Dumas Center for Artistic & Cultural Development in Roanoke to kick off the southwest Virginia leg of their Cabinet Community Day meetings. ; cabinet; dumas center; governor; kaine; nonprofit; roanoke; Gov. Kaine and his cabinet kicked off the southwest Virginia leg of their Cabinet Community Day tour at the Dumas Center for Artistic & Cultural Development in Roanoke.; cabinet; dumas center; governor; kaine; nonprofit; Gov. Tim Kaine visited the Dumas Center for Artistic & Cultural Development to speak about the importance of nonprofit groups in providing services to the community.; cabinet; dumas center; governor; kaine; nonprofit; roanoke; Gov. Kaine and his cabinet met with leaders of local nonprofit organizations at the Dumas Center for Artistic & Cultural Development in Roanoke to kick off the southwest Virginia leg of their Cabinet Community Days tour. ; cabinet; dumas center; governor; kaine; nonprofit; roanoke; Virginia's new abusive driver fees are being challenged in a lawsuit filed in Roanoke County today. Here, lawyers address media questions at the news conference announcing the suit.; Shannon Pittman-Price; abusive driver; roanoke county; Virginia's new abusive driver fees are being challenged in a lawsuit filed in Roanoke County today. Here, the lawyers who filed the suit read their statements to the press; Shannon Pittman-Price; abusive driver; driving; fees; lawsuit; roanoke county; Tony Murcia, 7, is a 10th generation cirucs performer.; Don't have a boat? You can get a special winch to pull your friends while they wakeboard across a lake or pond.; Local Colors - Carribean Festival Video by Seth Gitner; Tina and Kirk Miller own two stores that next to each other in downtown Roanoke. ; Wakeboarding on Smith Mountain Lake; roanoke; smith mountain lake; video; virginia; wakeboarding; The Rescue Mission Health Clinic celebrates five years in July.; Most local peach crops did not make it through an early spring freeze. ; Peaches; botetourt; christina rogers; roanoke; video; virginia; Roanoke City Police and Animal Control officers chase a small bear through the streets of Roanoke.; Thousands of Harry Potter fanatics in the Roanoke Area came out to the theaters last night for the midnight showing of the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.; Christiansburg; harry potter; roanoke; roanoke.com; the roanoke times; virginia; Racing pigs at the Salem fair.; Jack Edling took a few sight see'rs up for a ride in his balloon over Ropckjbridge County Monday evening near Lexington Virginia.; Ralph Eggers is owner of Ralph's Auto Repair and Towing Service on Williamson Road. Each year for Star City Madness Eggers hold a picnic for his car loving friends.; Evan and Jacob Nicely are 15-year-old Vinton twins who don't make a lot of money. So when the twins heard about a job opportunity to work as ball boys for a William Byrd High School soccer tournament in May, they eagerly signed up. ; ball; Boys; roanoke; soccer; video; virginia; A father and his daughter play cards to pass the time away on a visit to Mill Mountain. Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com; No one was injured in the fire at Maple Shade apartments, but the building is a total loss.; apartments; fire; roanoke; video; virginia; Dale Anthony; dale anthony; roanoke.com; video; A new kangaroo exhibit at the Mill Mountain Zoo; A few hundred people watched from Market Street in downtown Roanoke today as the last steel I-beam was bolted into place at the new Art Museum of Western Virginia. Steelworkers guided the 1,500-pound beam into place shortly before 11 a.m., followin; Approximately 56 youth and 16 adults of the Roanoke Virginia Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints participated in a pioneer handcart trek in the mountains of Southwest Va.; hunter wilson; mormon; roanoke.com; Trek; video; virginia; A few hundred people watched from Market Street in downtown Roanoke today as the last steel I-beam was bolted into place at the new Art Museum of Western Virginia. Steelworkers guided the 1,500-pound beam into place shortly before 11 a.m., followin; She wears the same pair of brown bowling shoes she bought more than 45 years ago and has paid for only one bowling ball in her life.; newspaper; roanoke; video; The Roanoker Restaurant; roanoke; roanoker; virginia; For some of the 650-plus students graduating from Patrick Henry and William Fleming high schools Friday, getting that high school diploma is a major accomplishment. For Jay Estacio, just walking across that stage is an even bigger victory.; Jay Estacio; Patrick Henry High School; music; tumor; video; For some of the 650-plus students graduating from Patrick Henry and William Fleming high schools Friday, getting that high school diploma is a major accomplishment. For Jay Estacio, just walking across that stage is an even bigger victory. ; Jay Estacio; Patrick Henry High School; graduation; video; Designed and built in Roanoke, the 611 is one of the last steam locomotives in the U.S. and remains one of the valley's most prized possessions. It was moved on June 15.; 611; roanoke; Virginia Museum of Transportation; locomotive; steam; steam locomotive; video; Virginia Tech's Norris Hall re-opens for the media.; Blacksburg painter Jane Vance and friends are making a pilgrimage to Nepal to deliver this portrait to the Nepalese holy man who inspired it. ; nepal; Art; newspaper; roanoke; video story; virginia; At the dock dog competition at Smith Mountain Lake more than 200 dogs competed in the weekend-long event for a cash prize of $225. Some 40 dogs participated in the first heat of the "Big Air" competit; SML; dockdogs; gitner; hunter wilson; meghan martin; newspaper; roanoke; smith mountain lake; video; video journalism; video story; Televangelists, politicians and parishioners bid farewell to the Rev. Jerry Falwell, a fundamentalist preacher who altered the nation's political landscape with his dogmatic oratory. ; Jerry Falwell; Liberty University; virginia; church; reverend; video; Fishing for carp at Virginia Tech's duck ponds.; Mark Taylor; carp; fishing; newspaper; outdoors; roanoke; video; Former Henry County Sheriff Harold Franklin Cassell pleaded guilty to making false statements to investigators after he and 19 others were charged in a police corruption scandal. ; Henry County; roanoke; scandal; sheriff; video; amily and friends crowd to Starlite Drive-In's opening night in Christiansburg. ; Christiansburg; Drive-in; movie; video; virginia; Botetourt students find themselves drawn to the recorder, a 14th-century flutelike instrument.; Botetourt County; Greenfield Elementary; roanoke; video; Many of the pint-sized chefs have been taking weekly cooking classes for children at Barbara Filip's Young Chefs Academy Parents say it's an affordable alternative to more conventional extracurricular activities such as sports and music lessons.; salem; Chef's; children; video; young cooks; Second-graders enrolled in the four elementary schools in Salem City Schools take part in the the YMCA for "Safe Splash," a water safety program.; salem; YMCA; children; swimming; video; Campus radio station 90.9 FM in Lynchburg took calls from listeners and played audio from Rev. Jerry Falwell on May 15.; Jerry Falwell; Liberty University; video; Reaction from Lynchburg and the campus of Liberty University following news of the Rev. Jerry Falwell's death on Tuesday, May 15.; Jerry Falwell; Liberty University; video; Nearly a month after events that made them worry about things most students never have to think about, Virginia Tech¿s seniors turned their attention back to traditional college concerns on their graduation day.; Virginia Tech; graduation; video; In Blacksburg and at the White House, Tech was remembered during the National Day of Prayer.; Virginia Tech; norris hall; prayer; video; Video shot by Martin Arvebro and Carl Nordin, two Swedish students who were visiting Virginia Tech's campus. ; With 25 years of experience, Teresa Martin knows how to put together the perfect Halloween costume for every need. From costumes to accessories, she has got it all at Fantasy Creations, a costume shop on Williamson Rd.; costumes; dress-up; halloween; store; Roanoke native Ashlee Holland triumphed on the reality show ¿I Wanna Be a Soap Star¿ Tuesday night, beating out nine other contestants to win a part on ¿Days of Our Lives.¿; soap star ashlee holland roanoke wanna be a soap star; Scandinavia is celebrated in the latest installment of Taste of Culture in Roanoke sponsored by Local Colors.; vikings roanoke food downtown local colors; John Reburn uses a letter press machine to print greeting cards.; John Reburn Josh Meltzer Roanoke Times Silkscreen letterpress; John Reburn is a print artist and owner of Roanoke Valley Printworks in downtown Roanoke.; reburn print maker roanoke virginia art style; North American Festival of Traditional Arts; Art; Canada; Mexico; NAFTA; North America; Tennessee; Veracruz; appalachian; arts; bluegrass; canadian; clog; jefferson center; Meg Martin; mexican; music; quebecois; tradition; "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" at the Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke; Art; hank williams; kevin kittredge; Meg Martin; music; theater; For Diane and Chuck Flynt, producing cider is serious business.; New River Valley Bird Club watches migrating birds from Hanging Rock Lookout on Peters Mountain; New River Valley Bird Club watches migrating birds from Hanging ; Entrant in Virginia Tech's Four Minute Film Festival competion ; The making of "Not So Super Heroes": Entrant in Virginia Tech's ; Fans gathered outside the Roanoke Civic Center on Oct. 2 for the High School Musical on Ice Tour.; high school musical on ice tour roanoke; Food columnist Lindsey Nair asks the perennial question: Wings at home or wings at a restaurant?; column; food; roanoke times; wings; Ralph Berrier Jr. gives a tour of Wayne Newton's three homes in Roanoke. ; Homes; music; roanoke; virginia; wayne newton; Mary Ann Taylor of Salem has made ventriloquist puppets for almost 25 years. Word of her business MAT puppets has spread, mostly by word of mouth. ; MAT Puppets; mary ann taylor; puppets; roanoke; salem; virginia; The Edge interviewed Tiki Barber at the Roanoke Civic Center, on September 13, 2007.; barber; edge; High School; roanoke times; tiki; Matthew Mosely plays "God" in Stephen Schwartz's musical, "Children of Eden" performed in Roanoke.; bible; children of eden; play; roanoke; Roanoke Times food writer Lindsey Nair takes a tour of the offerings at the annual Roanoke Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church; annual; church; community; festival; food; fridge magnet; greek; greek fest; Holy Trinity; Lindsey Nair; Meg Martin; music; orthodox; Parish; roanoke; The Roanoke Times' Lindsey Nair, Wendy Maxey and Pete Dybdahl went to the Roanoke City Market to give their first-ever "Chili Pepper Challenge."; food; hot; peppers; spicy; Sean Greene has been the Zoo Director at Mill Mountain Zoo since the spring of 2006. Greene has high hopes for the zoo with an exhibit called Virginia Wild which will animals native to the state.; mill mountain zoo; roanoke; sean greene; video; Zoo; The mother of a boy with autism explains her frustrations, joys; Mother of a boy with autism explains frustrations; joys; It's been a year since Cova Graham last drove her car. The 79-year-old lost her right leg below the knee and hasn't been able to operate a vehicle since. Now, she's re-learning how to drive with the help of Janet Stohler of Driver Side Rehab.; driver; kevin kittredge; Pam Pond own Pam's Snack Shack in Vinton. Pond formerly worked at WalMart and decided this year to try to work for herself. ; These two short films, "Field Trip," a romantic comedy, and "Shovel Full," a horror movie, were created by middle school-aged aspiring fillmmakers at the ROVA Film Camp at Expore Park the last week of July. ; Local Colors - Carribean Festival Video by Seth Gitner; Area middle school students learn the art of film production in a week long camp at Virgina's Explore Park.; Roanoke College and Habitat for Humanity are working on building Freda Wright a house as part of incoming freshmen community service.; Habitat for Humanity; Roanoke College; freshman; Thousands of people, many wearing maroon Hokies United t-shirts, gathered on Virginia Tech's Drillfield today for the dedication of the university's April 16 Memorial. In a dedication speech, Tech President Charles Steger said the crowd gathered on t; Biathlon; For some of the 650-plus students graduating from Patrick Henry and William Fleming high schools Friday, getting that high school diploma is a major accomplishment. For Jay Estacio, just walking across that stage is an even bigger victory. ; Jay Estacio; Patrick Henry High School; graduation; video; Horses compete in the New River Valley Fair horse pulling event in Dublin. ; Horse pulling; RVSPCA executive director William Watson, Jr., discusses moving buried pets from its old location on 13th Street in NE Roanoke to Pet Haven Memorial Gardens in. He also explains the growing interest in pet cemeteries and people's love pets.; At the dock dog competition at Smith Mountain Lake more than 200 dogs competed in the weekend-long event for a cash prize of $225. Some 40 dogs participated in the first heat of the "Big Air" competit; SML; dockdogs; gitner; hunter wilson; meghan martin; newspaper; roanoke; smith mountain lake; video; video journalism; video story; Jack Edling took a few sight see'rs up for a ride in his balloon over Ropckjbridge County Monday evening near Lexington Virginia.; Many of the pint-sized chefs have been taking weekly cooking classes for children at Barbara Filip's Young Chefs Academy Parents say it's an affordable alternative to more conventional extracurricular activities such as sports and music lessons.; salem; Chef's; children; video; young cooks; She wears the same pair of brown bowling shoes she bought more than 45 years ago and has paid for only one bowling ball in her life.; newspaper; roanoke; video; Designed and built in Roanoke, the 611 is one of the last steam locomotives in the U.S. and remains one of the valley's most prized possessions. It was moved on June 15.; 611; roanoke; Virginia Museum of Transportation; locomotive; steam; steam locomotive; video; amily and friends crowd to Starlite Drive-In's opening night in Christiansburg. ; Christiansburg; Drive-in; movie; video; virginia; Fishing for carp at Virginia Tech's duck ponds.; Mark Taylor; carp; fishing; newspaper; outdoors; roanoke; video; How one man's cheesecake developed at Chateau Morrisette; A new kangaroo exhibit at the Mill Mountain Zoo; Don't have a boat? You can get a special winch to pull your friends while they wakeboard across a lake or pond.; Judith Chambers pumps up her exercise classes with fun offerings such as Disco Cycling Night.; YMCA; roanoke; video; Dale Anthony; dale anthony; roanoke.com; video; A father and his daughter play cards to pass the time away on a visit to Mill Mountain. Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com; Ralph Eggers is owner of Ralph's Auto Repair and Towing Service on Williamson Road. Each year for Star City Madness Eggers hold a picnic for his car loving friends.; Most local peach crops did not make it through an early spring freeze. ; Peaches; botetourt; christina rogers; roanoke; video; virginia; Blacksburg painter Jane Vance and friends are making a pilgrimage to Nepal to deliver this portrait to the Nepalese holy man who inspired it. ; nepal; Art; newspaper; roanoke; video story; virginia; At the dock dog competition at Smith Mountain Lake more than 200 dogs competed in the weekend-long event for a cash prize of $225. Some 40 dogs participated in the first heat of the "Big Air" competit; SML; dockdogs; gitner; hunter wilson; meghan martin; newspaper; roanoke; smith mountain lake; video; video journalism; video story; Racing pigs at the Salem fair.; The Bedford Ghost Investigation Group explored Webb Hall one night, searching for signs of the paranormal.; Botetourt County; Erinn Hutkin; Ghosts; ghost; ghost-hunting; randolph college; The Roanoker Restaurant; roanoke; roanoker; virginia; Tony Murcia, 7, is a 10th generation cirucs performer.; Bagging for the summer; The Virginia Museum of Trasportation says good-bye to #763; Don't have a boat? You can get a special winch to pull your friends while they wakeboard across a lake or pond.; Jevon Rose skateboards with a prosthesis.; It's been mistaken for a bag, a cat, even a skunk. No one is quite sure what to make of the white groundhog that has taken up residence in Nathaniel Brandetsas' yard, but all seem to agree that the faux-bino is a strange sight indeed.; groundhog; joe kendall; kendall; roanoke; Floyd County's Jessica Hollandsworth won the individual Group A state championship at the Botetourt Country Club.; sports golf virginia roanoke floyd jessica hollandsworth; Derek Handy, in character as the cougar; Derek Handy; in character as the cougar mascot of Pulaski County High School; Darrell Wallace, Jr. is a 13-year-old late model stock car racer.; Darrell Wallace Speedway Auto Racing Josh Meltzer NASCAR; Late Model Stock Car drivers get ready at Martinsville Speedway; Late Model Stock Car drivers get ready at Martinsville Speedway ; Three Virginia Tech freshmen wear bodypaint and carry flags they made outside of ESPN's GameDay set an hour before showtime. But security won't allow them to go inside because of the poles attached to their flags. Will they get in?; Hokies; Virginia Tech; espn; gameday; Virginia Tech opened its 2007 football season against East Carolina University Saturday in Lane Stadium. Before the game, the Tech community gathered for a memorial ceremony to honor the memory of April 16, 2007.; Football; Hokies; Virginia Tech; april 16; beamer; college; evelio contreras; game; hokie; Meg Martin; shootings; steger; tech; Virginia Tech beat East Carolina 17-7 in the season home opener at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg. ; East Carolina; Hokies; Virginia Tech; evelio contreras; frank beamer; Meg Martin; Virginia Tech's Sports Turf and Athletic Grounds put the finishing touches on one of two ribbons in Lane Stadium.; Football; Virginia Tech; lane stadium; Lynn Akers, of Salem, needed two tickets to Saturday's first home football game at Virginia Tech. He thought he might start at the pep rally.; band; cheerleader; college; Football; hightie tighties; Hokies; hotel roanoke; Meg Martin; pep rally; roanoke; sports; tech; ticket; Virginia Tech; We apply some big-league attitude to the pitch machine at the Cox's batting cage in Blacksburg.; Evan and Jacob Nicely are 15-year-old Vinton twins who don't make a lot of money. So when the twins heard about a job opportunity to work as ball boys for a William Byrd High School soccer tournament in May, they eagerly signed up. ; ball; Boys; roanoke; soccer; video; virginia; Wakeboarding on Smith Mountain Lake; roanoke; smith mountain lake; video; virginia; wakeboarding; Virginia Tech's R&D center for emerging business; An electrical fire sparked a downtown-wide power outage Monday morning in Roanoke. Buildings were evacuated, businesses were temporarily shut down and people took to the street.; breaking news; downtown; MOS; pete; Pete Dybdahl; power; roanoke; Mary Ann Taylor of Salem has made ventriloquist puppets for almost 25 years. Word of her business MAT puppets has spread, mostly by word of mouth. ; MAT Puppets; mary ann taylor; puppets; roanoke; salem; virginia; High school students Candace Elam, James Glenn and Krysti Nelson are all involved in Junior Achievement. They spent the day at the market in downtown Roanoke to celebrate 50 years of JA and stopped to talk about their hopes for their own futures.; High School; junior achievement; market; Meg Martin; roanoke; rob johnson; salem; student; students; william fleming; Happy's, one of the oldest flea markets in Virginia, was sold in July to an investment group in Washington. General manager Greg Beecher said nothing will change at Happy's with the new ownership and will continue to operate as a flea market.; Pam Pond own Pam's Snack Shack in Vinton. Pond formerly worked at WalMart and decided this year to try to work for herself. ; Carilion Clinic celebrated the completion of a four-year, $105 million project to consolidate two hospitals.; carilion; Health; hospital; Carilion Clinic celebrated the completion of a four-year, $105 million project to consolidate two hospitals.; carilion; dedication; Health; hospital; People are buying carbon monoxide detectors in large numbers the day after a gas leak sent many Virginia Tech students to the hospital.; Virginia Tech carbon monoxide students; Shoppers get a head start on their back-to-school purchases on the first day of Virginia's tax-free holiday. ; Jenny Boone; Jenny Kincaid Boone; Meg Martin; Wal-Mart; roanoke; school; shopping; tax; Tina and Kirk Miller own two stores that next to each other in downtown Roanoke. ; The Roanoker Restaurant; roanoke; roanoker; virginia; The drought in Virginia hasn't been bad for all farmers. Wine producers like the Furrow family, who own and operate the Hickory Hill Vineyards and Winery near Smith Mountain Lake are already picking an early season of vidal grapes with the help of f; Hunter, a cocker spaniel owned by Michael and Betty Lou Fox of Moneta, loves to ride on the WaveRunner and go tubing.; Illustrator Zephren Hans Turner works as a painter five days a week at the Studios on the Square. He studied in Minneapolis and Georgia before moving back home to Roanoke. Now, he's working on a three-part series on the Grand piano building downtown.; about roanoke; Art; artist; jeanna duerscherl; studios on the square; Carilion Clinic celebrated the completion of a four-year, $105 million project to consolidate two hospitals.; carilion; Health; hospital; Happy's, one of the oldest flea markets in Virginia, was sold in July to an investment group in Washington. General manager Greg Beecher said nothing will change at Happy's with the new ownership and will continue to operate as a flea market.; Pam Pond own Pam's Snack Shack in Vinton. Pond formerly worked at WalMart and decided this year to try to work for herself. ; Curator talks about how they keep the animals at the zoo cool in hot weather.; They're old, slow, and much beloved.; Patrick Henry High School Tour; A new kangaroo exhibit at the Mill Mountain Zoo; A father and his daughter play cards to pass the time away on a visit to Mill Mountain. Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com; Jack Edling took a few sight see'rs up for a ride in his balloon over Ropckjbridge County Monday evening near Lexington Virginia.; The Virginia Museum of Trasportation says good-bye to #763; Bill and Wanda Hollifield have been running their barber shop for the past thirty years in downtown Roanoke. 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