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The Rehab Center at Richfield opens spa-like facility

SALEM – Mac Green is looking forward to learning how to walk on his artificial leg at a new spa in the Salem area. Although it looks much like a resort – with a therapeutic pool, private whirlpool, room service meals made to order from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and calming designer colors... »

Easley will return to Virginia for court proceedings

ROANOKE COUNTY  – The man accused of abducting 12-year-old Glenvar girl Brittany Smith and a suspect in her mother’s murder is expected to arrive back in Virginia within hours from California where he fled with the Glenvar Middle School seventh grader. Jeffrey Easley waived extradition from San Francisco in a court hearing Tuesday morning,... »

Candlelight vigil set tonight for slain nurse

SALEM – Friends who worked with Tina Smith at Richfield Retirement Center and residents in Salem are holding a candlelight vigil tonight for their murdered coworker. The service in the Glenvar retirement complex’s Jane Morgan Harris Chapel is for residents and staff of the entire Richfield Community. Smith, 41, was a registered nurse who... »

Richfield residents travel the world by postcard

SALEM – They’re touring the United States and the world. Residents of Richfield Retirement Community’s Recovery and Care Center are traveling vicariously these days. They can do it without leaving their building, by looking at the exhibit of postcards from almost every state and two dozen or so other countries. There are bright butterflies from... »