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- July 14, 2022
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Amtrak announced a new Washington, D.C.-to-Roanoke daily round trip Monday, adding to the already existing round trip. The new trip leaves Washington at 8:05 a.m., arriving in Roanoke at 1:00 p.m., and the return leaves at 4:30 p.m., arriving back at 9:28 p.m, with stops in Alexandria, Manassas, Culpeper, Charlottesville, and Lynchburg. The existing train […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- July 8, 2022
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A St. Augustine man was arrested and will now spend the next two decades behind bars for trying to provide material support to a terrorist organization, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), by creating and distributing a bomb-making instructional video. Romeo Xavier Langhorne, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material […]

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- September 20, 2018
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After the retirement of Delegate Greg Habeeb, residents in the greater Roanoke area will choose a new state legislator on November 6. Republican Joe McNamara and Democrat Carter Turner have two very different philosophies about the role of government.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...
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- May 10, 2018
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After fighting to block a natural gas pipeline from being constructed through family farm land on Bent Mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia, a mother-daughter protester duet came down from the treetops Saturday.

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- April 12, 2018
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Arrests are now being made by local and federal authorities as protesters continue their tree-top vigil as the Mountain Valley Pipeline is constructed.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...