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Drive-thru and dump out crusty old batteries and outdated appliances from 9 a.m. to noon at the Berglund Center on Saturday, Nov. 18.

Improperly stored chemicals that leaked into the soil may still be lurking underground in an industrial area of Roanoke thats now targeted for residential and commercial redevelopment.

Getty Images As a relationship therapist, I can tell you firsthand that what you suspect—or perhaps experienced yourself—is true: The pandemic has upended every aspect of most couples’ lives. Many are forced to coexist 24/7 in small spaces and with children constantly underfoot. Add to that ongoing climate change, political turmoil, and reckonings with systemic racism, and the result is a mountain of stressors that drastically tested the limits of even the most devoted couples’ ability...