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🎉 100 years of VT Homecoming: Oct 12-17 🎃 Fall feature: Sinkland Farms' 35th annual pumpkin festival 🐶 Meet Bedford, the future Growley IV

Michael Arthur

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Oct 5, 2026

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🏠 New property values to arrive by mid-November 🍂 Fall color is arriving early this year 🚒 College students are keeping Blacksburg's fire department staffed

Michael Arthur

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Oct 1, 2026

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✈️ 78k raised pulling a jet 💡 VTES adding a 2.75% surcharge 🏟️ VT Athletics launches the Investors Society

Michael Arthur

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Sep 30, 2026

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🚒 Want to buy a firetruck? ☕ Freebies for National Coffee Day 🌾 Virginia Tech plans a large-scale composting facility

Michael Arthur

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Sep 29, 2026

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🐴 Virginia Tech plans a $63M expansion of its veterinary teaching hospital 🛒 The Local's tenant roster fills out ahead of October 14 opening and more...

Michael Arthur

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Sep 28, 2026

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⚾ Tonight! Fall ball is back at English Field 🌳 Lend a hand to Heritage Park on Saturday 🐑 The greatest of all time, with sheep and goats

Michael Arthur

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Sep 25, 2026

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🚧 VDOT work starts September 28 at Prices Fork and Peppers Ferry 🔭 Stargazing on deck 🏘️ Up to 349 homes proposed for historic Fotheringay estate

Michael Arthur

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Sep 21, 2026

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🍂 Saturday is stacked: pumpkins, pawpaws, blues, and a 53rd-annual downtown festival 📌 The community board 📰 News Around the NRV

Michael Arthur

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Sep 17, 2026

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💰 $40 million in Floyd, pitch for expansion for manufacturing in Radford, 🏛️ Three governing bodies meet today

Michael Arthur

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Sep 15, 2026

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Blacksburg feels the love, Support regenerative farmers at the Christiansburg Farmers Market, and Three amendments, one free forum, tonight

Michael Arthur

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Sep 10, 2026

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🎉 100 years of VT Homecoming: Oct 12-17 🎃 Fall feature: Sinkland Farms' 35th annual pumpkin festival 🐶 Meet Bedford, the future Growley IV

🏠 New property values to arrive by mid-November 🍂 Fall color is arriving early this year 🚒 College students are keeping Blacksburg's fire department staffed

✈️ 78k raised pulling a jet 💡 VTES adding a 2.75% surcharge 🏟️ VT Athletics launches the Investors Society

🚒 Want to buy a firetruck? ☕ Freebies for National Coffee Day 🌾 Virginia Tech plans a large-scale composting facility

🐴 Virginia Tech plans a $63M expansion of its veterinary teaching hospital 🛒 The Local's tenant roster fills out ahead of October 14 opening and more...

⚾ Tonight! Fall ball is back at English Field 🌳 Lend a hand to Heritage Park on Saturday 🐑 The greatest of all time, with sheep and goats

🚧 VDOT work starts September 28 at Prices Fork and Peppers Ferry 🔭 Stargazing on deck 🏘️ Up to 349 homes proposed for historic Fotheringay estate

🍂 Saturday is stacked: pumpkins, pawpaws, blues, and a 53rd-annual downtown festival 📌 The community board 📰 News Around the NRV

💰 $40 million in Floyd, pitch for expansion for manufacturing in Radford, 🏛️ Three governing bodies meet today

Blacksburg feels the love, Support regenerative farmers at the Christiansburg Farmers Market, and Three amendments, one free forum, tonight

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