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What are your favorite local places for shopping, pampering or entertaining? Vote now in this year's Best Of Holiday Shopping readers' choice poll.

Understanding 'Obamacare': How it affects you

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Read the the latest installment of our series examining how the Affordable Care Act — widely called Obamacare first by critics and now also by some supporters — will change how you access and pay for health care in Southwest Virginia. 

Making It Click: Lives on the Line 

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Nearly 1,700 unbuckled people have died in wrecks in Virginia during the past five years. But 600 — maybe 700 — could have lived. How? By committing the simple act of fastening their seat belt — and following the law.

The Damage Done: How heroin claimed one young life and devastated another

Friday, February 22, 2013

This three-part series examines how two young men from southwest Roanoke County kept the severity of their drug habits hidden. Today, one is dead and the other is in federal prison.  

Picking Up the Pieces

Friday, February 22, 2013

This co-production of The Roanoke Times and Equal Voice Newspaper explores how the opening of China to global trade decimated manufacturing in Southwest and Southside Virginia.

Private Battles: PTSD in Southwest Virginia

Friday, February 22, 2013

In this series, we focus on the stories of veterans from Southwest Virginia — and the treatment available to them at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem. We'll explain how treatment of PTSD is changing — for the better — and look at some of the struggles that veterans and their families are still facing.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

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