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Casey Fabris 540-981-3234 MONTVALE — The Bedford County Militia held its second annual muster on Saturday, inviting new members to join its ranks. The Bedford County Militia was formed in February 2020 in response to proposed gun legislation, including a bill that would have banned the sale or transfer of assault weapons and the possession of certain capacity magazines. Similar efforts were underway in a number of localities last year, including Franklin, Floyd and Campbell counties. Militias in Bedford and Campbell counties were formally recognized by their respective board...

During a time when so many rituals have been disrupted, Girl Scout cookie season has not. It just looks a bit different this year.

Jeff Sturgeon and Casey Fabris The Roanoke Times Roanoke restaurant operators Moises and Lisa Nucamendi have gotten a second cash infusion from the Paycheck Protection Program for their beleaguered business accounts as they continue to plate and box up Mexican classics amid the pandemic’s deadliest phase so far. Taxpayer-funded relief helped sustain Alejandro’s Mexican Grill’s three Roanoke Valley locations and staff of about 45 people in 2020, they said. But the Mexican eatery founded in 2007 is still beset by a drop in revenue of between 30% and 35% when compared ...

Today we introduce a new phrase to your vocabulary: Zoom town. From the beginning of the internet, rural communities were tantalized by its prospects. Some predicted “the death of distance” – that it no longer mattered where people were as long as they could connect via technology. Socially, that’s certainly been the case: We can now share cat pictures – or argue politics – with people anywhere there’s a wifi connection. Economically, though, the internet hasn’t lived up to its promises. Instead of prompting a rural renaissance, technology has only acce...