Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 16th of January.
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🏘️ Community
Blacksburg residents face persistent mail delivery challenges, impacting receipt of critical documents and packages despite the USPS stating most are receiving normal service.
🎭 Culture
The Moss Arts Center's spring exhibitions, showcasing Shaunté Gates and Charisse Pearlina Weston's art, interpret social themes through beauty and destruction, opening Jan.
23.
🎓 Education
Virginia Tech introduces 'Winter Weeks of Welcome' from Jan.
17-31, offering events and activities to help new and first-year students acclimate to campus life.
The New River Battalion, incorporating Army ROTC programs from Virginia Tech and Radford University, has been recognized as the top ROTC program in the nation for the second consecutive year by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Montgomery County Public Schools and the Sheriff's Office collaborate with BusPatrol to enhance school bus safety by implementing AI cameras to issue summons for illegal passing.
John Robertson, a distinguished Virginia Tech professor, has been named professor emeritus in honor of his significant contributions in biomedical engineering and his over 34 years of service.
🏛️ Government
April DeMotts was unanimously voted as the chairwoman of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors for 2025, with Steve Fijalkowski elected as vice chairman.
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