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Local soldiers deploy for Iraq

By Lauren Page

CHRISTIANSBURG – Friends, family and community members got together at the Christiansburg Armory Thursday to say goodbye to a company of local soldiers as they prepared to leave for Iraq. The Army National Guard Charlie Company 1-116th, based out the Armory, comprises 60 soldiers and is headed by Capt. Brandon Lindsey. Its soldiers are mainly... »

Ride Solutions nears thousandth participant

By Kristin Adams

Ride Solutions is just shy of having 1,000 participants in its database, according to Program Director Jeremy Holmes. That means that almost 1,000 people are carpooling to work every day in the New River Valley and Roanoke areas. On top of that, Ride Solutions is serving approximately 40,000 people indirectly by providing information to them... »