By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Jan. 16, 2009
Summary: The issue over the First & Main shopping center is linked to a larger question about changes in local land-use rules.
RICHMOND — Three years of contentious public debate and legal wrangling about Blacksburg’s First & Main shopping center and a proposed big-box store widely thought to be [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Dec. 5, 2008
Summary: The town council is set to sign off on a resolution Tuesday.
BLACKSBURG — Town council is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution to approve one of the most aggressive greenhouse gas emissions targets to be set by any government agency in the United States.
“We adopt [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
April 24, 2008
Summary: Town council approved four new officers and a dispatcher, but a study shows the town needs 11 new officers and four dispatchers.
BLACKSBURG — When Montgomery County sheriff’s Cpl. Eric Sutphin was killed by a fugitive on the Huckleberry Trail in 2006, there was one dispatcher on [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
May 29, 2008
Climate protection initiatives in Southwest Virginia got a boost Wednesday as Virginia Tech announced it would begin work on a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
The announcement followed international recognition earlier this month of climate change initiatives in Blacksburg and Roanoke.
Student environmental groups have twice called for [...]

By Greg Esposito and Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Feb. 10, 2008
Summary: Former President Bill Clinton arrived at Virginia Tech on Saturday in the first of a parade of presidential campaigns through the Roanoke region.
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BLACKSBURG — Campaigning for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton gave a thoughtful, [...]