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- - David Moore honored with emeritus status
    Moore, of Deltaville, Va., has been a member of the Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension communities since 1992.
- - Netflix’s ‘Heroin(e)’ becomes the star of Save Our Towns Episode 8
    Mayor Steve Williams and Fire Chief Jan Rader command national attention as Huntington, West Virginia, chooses to confront the opioid epidemic rather than downplay it.
- - Karen Vines named assistant professor of agricultural, leadership, and community education
    Vines' primary interest is in providing Extension agents with professional development experiences that allow them to excel and provide greater sustainability and resilience to their communities.
- - Bain Wilson named assistant professor of animal and poultry sciences
    Wilson's appointment includes research and extension responsibilities.
- - Clinton Neill named assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics
    Neill's appointment is focused on extension and teaching. His primary research is on food system economics and agribusiness.
- - St. Paul’s persistence pays off as town snags boutique hotel
    In 2014 Mayor Kyle Fletcher told Save Our Towns the town sought to establish a boutique hotel in town, but it didn’t happen overnight.
- - In memoriam: Judith Midkiff, project associate with Virginia Cooperative Extension
    Midkiff has been employed by Virginia Tech through Virginia Cooperative Extension since 1987.
- - Virginia Tech, international trade reps to discuss NAFTA, other export issues at 10th Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade
    The event will continue the tradition of focusing on the most salient topics in international agricultural trade with representatives from key trade nations.
- - Community Voices hosts Washington Post reporter and author Amy Goldstein on Feb. 19
    Goldstein wove the stories of a small city and its people together in "Janesville: An American Story." All events on Feb. 19 are free and open to the university community and general public.
- - Virginia Cooperative Extension to hold grass trainings for cattle producers
    The workshops will provide cattle producers with the tools and information required to remove toxic tall fescue, which causes a host of health problems in cattle, and replace it with novel tall fescue varieties.
- - Save Our Towns picks up on Pikeville’s party mood
    The small Kentucky city celebrates success in taking only 10 months to fill its industrial park.
- - Virginia Cooperative Extension, Walmart bring healthy living education to youth
    Virginia 4-H and the Virginia Family Nutrition Program received an $81,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation to implement nutrition and physical education programs for young people.
- - Virginia Tech supports efforts to preserve Mongolian nomadic traditions
    For millennia, Mongolia’s pastoral herders grazed their livestock on lush grasslands. Today, due to ongoing drought, harsh winters, and chronic overgrazing, the once verdant steppes are disappearing.
- - Save Our Towns pays a call on the storytelling capital of the world
    Residents of Jonesborough, Tennessee, disagreed over what its most marketable claim to fame would be and, in the end, hired a consultant to point out the obvious.
- - A West Virginia town preps for life after coal
    Williamson, steeped in Hatfield-McCoy history and once rich in coal, may now be more well known outside Appalachia than in.
- - HEAL Food Alliance director to speak during Advancing the Human Condition Symposium on Nov. 29
    Navina Khanna, director of the HEAL Food Alliance, a national food and farm justice coalition, will present two talks on Nov. 29, as part of the Advancing the Human Condition Symposium. This engaging and dynamic speaker will discuss food and agriculture policy, science as a public good, and leadership for social justice. The events are free and open to the public.
- - Virginia Tech helps independent grape growers in the commonwealth assess and manage vineyards
    Landowners can use Geovine, a vineyard site assessment and management tool developed by Virginia Tech’s Center for Geospatial Information Technology, to help them find appropriate properties for vineyards.
- - Public open house for National Thanksgiving Turkey
- - Virginia Cooperative Extension and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station have profound economic impact on the commonwealth, new report finds
    Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station are enlarging and diversifying the state’s economy and are making a profound economic impact in communities across the commonwealth, according to a new analysis of the agencies.
- - Gobble, gobble! National Thanksgiving Turkey returns to Virginia Tech
    This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House and the two pardoned birds are once again coming to Virginia Tech to live out their days in the folds of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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