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Hometown Stories

Hometown Stories

By: WDBJ7
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 From hard-hitting to heartwarming, Hometown Stories will guide you through the Blue Ridge Mountains and into the heart of Virginia. Hometown Stories is a production of WDBJ7-TV based in Roanoke, Virginia.https://www.wdbj7.com/ Politics & Government World
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  • Hometown Stories Episode 80 - Walk Ride Paddle: Sen. Tim Kaine discusses his new book

    Hometown Stories Episode 80 - Walk Ride Paddle: Sen. Tim Kaine discusses his new book
    Jun 4 2024
    When U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine turned 60, he decided to mark the milestone and his 25 years in public life with a Virginia Nature Triathlon: hiking the Appalachian Trail in Virginia, biking the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Skyline Drive in the Commonwealth, and paddling the length of the James River. In this episode of Hometown Stories, we sit down with Kaine to discuss the experience and the new book 'Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outdoors,' which he describes as a love letter to Virginia.
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    29 mins
  • Hometown Stories Episode 79: Reclaiming History in Roanoke's Old Lick Cemetery

    Hometown Stories Episode 79: Reclaiming History in Roanoke's Old Lick Cemetery
    Apr 10 2024

    Since 2019, volunteers have gathered once a month to reclaim an African American cemetery in the city of Roanoke. The Friends of Old Lick Cemetery have cleared away the brush that has overtaken the property and revealed dozens of headstones. In this episode of Hometown Stories, we hear how they are also shining a light on an important chapter of Roanoke's hidden history.
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    16 mins
  • Hometown Stories Episode 78 - Fries: The Town Frozen in Time

    Hometown Stories Episode 78 - Fries: The Town Frozen in Time
    Nov 16 2023

    Along a stretch of the New River in southwest Virginia, you'll find a town nearly unchanged by time. For nearly a century, the people of Fries, Virginia worshiped, played and grew up under the watchful eye and guiding hand of its textile mill. It was an Appalachian mill town centered on community, cotton and country music. But that changed when the mill closed in the 1980s, and Fries became a shell of its former self. Today, Fries is using its past to guide its future - hoping to weave a new chapter into its unique story.
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    22 mins
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