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Price bags 400-plus pound record bear

NEW CASTLE – The day after Christmas found Glen Price of Blacksburg and his buddies from the Catawba Valley Bear Hunters Club taking advantage of the unseasonably nice weather to bear hunt. Using a 30-30 rifle, Price shot and killed what is believed to be a record bear for Craig County that weighed in... »

Roanoke loses beloved bouncer “Bear”

ROANOKE - On Friday, November 11 the Roanoke Valley lost one of its most well-known figures.  Michael  Anthony Russell, known to most simply as Bear, passed away from a heart attack at the age of 50.  It is hard to be above the age of 21 in this Valley and not know Bear. Standing 6 foot... »

Benefit planned for beloved bouncer

ROANOKE - It is hard to be above the age of 21 in this Valley and not know Bear.  Michael “Bear” Russell, 51, has been a bouncer since he was 19.  In Roanoke he is the most well-known bouncer.  Bear has worked in most every well known venue there is, or has been, in Roanoke. ... »

Smarter-than-average-bear breaks into my car

It sounds like the punch line to a bad joke: “Why did the bear break into the car? To get to the chocolate chip cookies.” Bad Bear is back, and this time he broke into my car. The black bear yearling who roams our small mountain evidently read the poster stashed in the back... »