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Montgomery County special education teacher Joe Aldridge told students at Falling Branch Elementary School if they collected 2,000 cans of food for the Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program, he would ...

A long-running land dispute between a Shawsville lawyer and his neighbor has culminated in a $5.35 million lawsuit against Montgomery County and seven people, including the sheriff.

Montgomery County school employees have requested pay raises and new benefits in the next fiscal year, even though money is likely to be tight in the upcoming budget cycle.

The Montgomery County school board is expected to pick a contractor to start work on the new consolidated elementary school in Shawsville on Tuesday.

The thicket of campaign signs outside Shawsville's Meadowbrook Community Center formed a line only slightly longer than the line of voters standing in the morning mist.

Montgomery County might need to build a new school in the outskirts of Blacksburg to accommodate new residential developments before it needs to use the old Blacksburg Middle School campus downtown, according ...

Montgomery County is looking to expand students' options in its career and technical education programs.

The school board and board of supervisors have argued over what enrollment projections could mean for the old Blacksburg school.

October 21, 2008 Lottery winners aren't so lucky Imagine buying a winning lottery ticket only to find out it was all a mistake.

NRVToday: Are you originally from Montgomery County and where did you go to high school/college? Johnston: Yes.

By next week, the speed limit along nearly 4 miles of U.S. 460 in Montgomery County will rise to 60 mph from 55 mph, state officials announced Thursday.

Ernie Woods may never get on a motorcycle again after watching his brother-in-law, Delvis Davis, nearly die after a crash on U.S. 460 in June.

September 26, 2008 Local artist captures changing Elliston landscape Artist Eric Fitzpatrick has painted Roanoke landmarks and found inspiration in foreign countries.

Some New River Valley educators say proposed changes to how gifted education is handled statewide could result in less oversight and fewer students being served.

Patrons of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library branches with overdue books can bring them in fine-free during "Library Fines Amnesty Days." The event is during regular branch hours Thursday, Friday and ...

The new Elliston-Lafayette Elementary School will have outdoor classrooms and porch areas for children, as well as a school bus drop-off area in the back.

Jay Banks of STAMP Out Bullying is touring Montgomery County schools with his program teaching students about the effects of bullying and sharing stories from his childhood about the subject.

I've just returned from Eastern Montgomery High School, where Jay Banks , an entertainer/educator who travels nationwide to empower students against bullies, made his first stop of the week.

This will be my last New River Journal column. Before the din of the combined sobs and cheers of my 14 loyal readers dies down, I want to say a few things.

Each of Montgomery County's schools will be accredited, according to preliminary Standards of Learning test results handed to school board members Tuesday, although whether each school will make the federal ...