In Rural Va., History by the Mason Jarful
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ROCKY MOUNT, Va. -- It was so quiet out in the country, the officers didn't want to make a sound. Lying in the woods, huddled in sleeping bags, they couldn't use their cars or even turn on a light.
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The recent purchase by Hollins University and other buyers of about 235 acres of wooded land on Tinker Mountain, a Roanoke Valley landmark, benefits the university, residents of the region and even people passing through on Interstate 81.
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By Mason Adams, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Jun. 3--HOTCHKISS -- On a misty Saturday morning alongside Mill Creek, responsible adults stood before a group of inquisitive, wide-eyed children and extolled the benefits of hitchhiking.   Then they showed them how it's done.
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A dusty gravel driveway leads to an old house once occupied by an Appalachian family. Next door is a little shack that sells hot dogs and ice cream, and a few miles away is a series of coal processing plants.
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If you want to try to understand what went on at Abu Ghraib prison, visit a Wal-Mart, Wendy&#39;s or Winn-Dixie. Ideally, you would go to a small town in West Virginia or Pennsylvania.
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By Andy Mead, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun.
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COLE CITY HOLLOW, Tenn. -- Nearly two centuries after a flawed survey placed Georgia's northern border just short of the Tennessee River, some legislators are thirsting to set the record straight.
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A rural tradition as old as pickup trucks themselves claimed the lives of two southwestern Virginia teenagers over the Labor Day weekend. They were illegally riding in the bed of the truck when it crashed near Hillsville. A third passenger also died.
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By Bob Rayner, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Sep. 16--For the most part, they liked what they saw.   About 60 business and government leaders from Wichita, Kan., took a  whirlwind tour of the Richmond area from Wednesday to yesterday.
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By Larry O'Dell  How the Eastern Panhandle fared. 1B  RICHMOND, Va.
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By GREG EDWARDS  Every few years, the gaze of Virginia farmers falls beyond the edges of their fields toward Washington, where lawmakers are crafting another farm bill.
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By Cody Lowe, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Jun. 20--The insistent shush of the little stream was clear and bright, even though it was well out of sight and probably 100 vertical feet below the wooded path.
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By Jared Turner jared.turner@roanoke.com 381-1643  PULASKI -- The walls of Memorial Baptist Church weren't this colorful until Marilyn O'Brien came along.  The Rev. David Lones wasn't this impressed.
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In Maryland, the Wye House plantation offers a time capsule to archaeologists reconstructing the culture of slavery in America.
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MARTINSVILLE, Ohio -- Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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Years of neglect left the once-thriving business district of this rural community looking just like its name sounds.
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By SHANNON DININNY, Associated Press writer  TEHEKIN  For generations, residents of this remote hamlet in central Washington's Cascade Range have worked to preserve its rural woodsy character, while promoting it as a scenic tourist getaway.