Editor's Note: This article was updated on March 29, 2023.
The town of Blacksburg is currently proposing to raise the tax on cigarettes, which would match Christiansburg and Montgomery County’s tax, according to The Roanoke Times. The county’s tax will go into effect July 1.
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Editor's Note: This article was updated on March 29, 2023.
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According to a statement from Blacksburg Police Chief Kendrick T. Brewster, two men were injured in separate shootings on Saturday, Feb. 18.
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According to WDBJ, Virginia Tech professor Brian Vick was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 31, for child-sex related charges.
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The Critical Carceral Studies Lab, a prison abolitionist research project within the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies at Virginia Tech, received two grants last November to grow their work advocating for a justice system not centered around incarceration.
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Last month, it was announced that Virginia Tech graduate and former faculty member Larry Bechtel will create a statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace the statue of Robert E. Lee in Roanoke, according to the Miami Times. The statue, designed by Roanoke artist Bryce Cobbs, is intended to commemo…
According to the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, three Virginia Tech students’ lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from BookHolders LLC after the students reported that its Blacksburg, VA store paid them less than the Commonwealth of Virginia’s minim…
According to VTx, a Virginia Tech research team received a $700,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation to determine the effects of salinization on food webs in freshwater streams in Appalachia.
Between 2018 and 2019, a survey released to students at Virginia Tech allowed researchers to see how many students on campus were dealing with low food security. The study showed 29% of undergraduate students and 35% of graduate students fell under the low food security umbrella. Since then,…
According to VTx, Virginia Tech will feature several activities and events for the Virginia Tech community from Oct. 10 through Oct. 15 in celebration of homecoming.
INSIGHT into Diversity magazine granted Virginia Tech’s Office for Inclusion and Diversity the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award. According to INSIGHT into Diversity magazine, the award “measures an institution’s level of achievement and intensity of commitment in re…
Jamel Flint of Roanoke appeared at Montgomery County General District Court on Thursday, Sept. 8 for his preliminary hearing and faces several charges, including a first-degree murder charge in the death of 18-year-old Isiah Robinson.
Virginia Tech and Homestead Creamery have partnered to launch a line of Hokie-inspired ice cream. Joell Eifert, faculty member of the Department of Food Science and Technology and director of the Food Innovations Program, stated the first flavor is available to purchase later this fall.
In the early morning on Friday, Sept. 2, just after midnight, Blacksburg Police and the Blacksburg Rescue Squad were called to the 2200 block of South Main Street where a driver had hit a pedestrian, according to WDBJ7.
On Tuesday, Aug. 30, Virginia Tech Athletics announced an additional entrance into Lane Stadium to improve students’ game day experience. Gate 7 will continue as a student-only entrance.
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On Tuesday, Aug. 23, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors met in Newport News and voted to maintain Sands’ position as president until 2027.
Due to concerns about student safety, noise levels and environment protection, there are new protocols for game day mass gatherings. On July 12, the Blacksburg Town Council met to approve Ordinance 1987, which will implement new rules to social gatherings on game days. Town code Section 13-1…
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In just a few weeks, a new class of freshmen will make the move to Blacksburg. The admissions team saw the largest applicant pool to date during the 2021 to 2022 admissions cycle with a record number of 45,214 students competing for a spot in the Class of 2026. Additionally, according to dir…
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After a three-day trial at the Montgomery County Circuit Court, former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute was found not guilty of murdering Jerry Paul Smith.
On Tuesday, April 26, the Blacksburg Town Council met to approve the new town budget for the upcoming fiscal year.