By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
Oct. 5, 2008
Summary: Blacksburg officials have started to put away money in hopes of breaking ground on a new rescue squad building within five years at an estimated cost of $4.8 million.
BLACKSBURG — The dispatcher’s voice echoed through the Progress Street station just before 5 a.m.
“Blacksburg rescue, respond to a fire [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
Oct. 10, 2008
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WAKE FOREST — Esther Jones’s family history was all but hewn from the rugged coal faces deep inside Brush Mountain.
Born into a mining family in Wake Forest in 1920 and married for 43 years to a coal mine operator, Jones is sought [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
August 13, 2008
Summary: Four neighbors and a pastor have contested the licensing of Shooting Creek Farm Brewery.
Pour a pint and listen to the story of Shooting Creek Farm Brewery, some concerned neighbors and the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Ray Jones and Brett Nichols had hoped this summer to [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Aug. 3, 2008
Summary: Amish families from across the country have settled in Giles County, opening more than a dozen businesses and contributing to the overall economy.
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WHITE GATE — Girls in bonnets and boys in hats and [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
July 24, 2008
Summary: Contaminated soil and groundwater continue to plague construction efforts at a town-owned property in downtown Blacksburg.
A $5.1 million project to turn a Blacksburg brownfield into a town hall expansion and a showplace of environmental building has run into pollution problems.
Next door to the town council chambers — [...]