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From the Publisher: Reflections on 40 Years

The support of readers and advertisers has been the delightful constant through four decades of the magazine.

The Gist: Murder Hole – Revealed, Explored, Explained

Say you were out looking at rural property in the Catawba Valley one day, and while your husband was talking to the realtor about a deal, you suddenly came across a giant hole – say 150 feet across, 100 feet wide and more than 100

The Gist: Top 10 Ways to Know it’s Summer Around Roanoke

#10. Cyclists in Halloween costumes riding four across on Blue Ridge Parkway, keeping traffic counts down.

The Gist: All Aboard The LOVE Train

Roanoke has finally joined more than 20 other Virginia destinations that have the honor of featuring LOVEwork art. Roanoke’s unique design appropriately ties into the city’s rail heritage, whimsically resembling both a train engine and engineer.

The Look: Brace for Spring

With the arrival of spring, it’s time to shed your winter layers and show off some skin. Avoid walking out the door completely bare and give your arm-wear an update with some of the hottest bracelets, bangles and cuffs Roanoke has to offer.

The 360: Wilderness – The Key to a Great Weekend?

As the Wilderness Act celebrates its 50th anniversary, there’s no better time to explore one of Virginia’s 24 areas, all along the I-81 corridor from Harrisonburg south.

The Perfect Weekend: Carilion Lifeguard Flight Paramedic Brian Ferguson

Flight is a commonality between Brian Ferguson’s job and his dream weekend, though on the latter he’d take his daughter along with him.

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This portrait of Norma Vecellio Lugar (1934-2010), by Chris Jamison, hangs in the halls of LeisureMedia360, and captures perfectly the intensity, passion and Italian beauty of the journalism veteran who intimidated the 27-year-old Richard Wells when she interviewed for a job in 1975, but then broke the tension by getting up to leave and walking into a closet.

From the Publisher: Reflections on 40 Years

The support of readers and advertisers has been the delightful constant through four decades of the magazine.
The book is the definitive source for Murder Hole.

The Gist: Murder Hole – Revealed, Explored, Explained

Say you were out looking at rural property in the Catawba Valley one day, and while your husband was talking to the realtor about a deal, you suddenly came across a giant hole – say 150 feet across, 100 feet wide and more than 100 feet deep. ...
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The Gist: Top 10 Ways to Know it’s Summer Around Roanoke

#10. Cyclists in Halloween costumes riding four across on Blue Ridge Parkway, keeping traffic counts down.
The Roanoke LOVEwork art is the creation of Eric Fitzpatrick.

The Gist: All Aboard The LOVE Train

Roanoke has finally joined more than 20 other Virginia destinations that have the honor of featuring LOVEwork art. Roanoke’s unique design appropriately ties into the city’s rail heritage, whimsically resembling both a train engine and engineer.
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The Look: Brace for Spring

With the arrival of spring, it’s time to shed your winter layers and show off some skin. Avoid walking out the door completely bare and give your arm-wear an update with some of the hottest bracelets, bangles and cuffs Roanoke has to offer.
The reward for walking up the rough-and-tumble St. Mary’s River in the Wilderness of the same name is modest St. Mary’s Falls, about two miles into the largest of Virginia’s official Wildernesses.

The 360: Wilderness – The Key to a Great Weekend?

As the Wilderness Act celebrates its 50th anniversary, there’s no better time to explore one of Virginia’s 24 areas, all along the I-81 corridor from Harrisonburg south.

The Perfect Weekend: Carilion Lifeguard Flight Paramedic Brian Ferguson

Flight is a commonality between Brian Ferguson’s job and his dream weekend, though on the latter he’d take his daughter along with him.
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