🌱 Meet the scholarship winners taking their next steps at Radford University

Good morning Radford! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Meet the scholarship winners taking their next steps at Radford University
• What Radford’s new drought watch status means for local water use

Today's riddle: What kind of theatre always has a doctor on hand? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 65 degrees.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 84, low: 65.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid, with a high of 91 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• PEO scholarships for Shining Stars (nrvnews.com) — Two scholarship recipients with ties to our region are advancing their education at Radford University, one pursuing a counseling master’s and another completing a Doctor of Nursing Practice. They’re among several local women honored by the P.E.O. Sisterhood and a Blacksburg-based chapter fund, supporting studies from engineering and neuroscience to culinary arts and medicine.
   

• Shenandoah Valley Drought Warning Holds Despite Rain (thewinchestergazette.com subscription) — Radford has been downgraded from a drought warning to a drought watch, even as parts of the Shenandoah Valley remain under more severe advisories. State officials say recent rains have helped streamflow and soil moisture in many regions, but they’re still urging Virginians to conserve water while monitoring wells and reservoirs closely.
   

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📸 Around Radford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Radford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22

• Cassette Rewind: Radford University's Annual... →
  Radford University, 801 E Main St, Radford
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday August 10

• Grownup Comic Book Club: Hawkeye V1 →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  5:30 pm
• City Council Meeting →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 10 Robertson St, Radford
  7:00 pm

Wednesday August 12

• NO STORYTIME →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  10:00 am
• Brown Bag Book Club: In the Wind →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  12:30 pm

Thursday August 13

• NO STORYTIME →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  10:00 am

Friday August 14

• Lamplighters BIG Book Sale! →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W. Main St., Radford
  10:00 am

Monday August 17

• Planning Commission Meeting →
  Radford, VA Calendar Radford, VA 24141
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 10

• MC Ribbon Cutting: Able Life Solution →
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 210 Laurel St, Christiansburg, VA
  12:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• MC Membership 101 - August 2026
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 210 Laurel St NE, Ste B, Christiansburg, VA
  12:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• Business 101 Financial Foundations: Session 1
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 210 Laurel St Suite B Christiansburg
  12:00 pm
• MC Business After Hours: The Inn at Virginia Tech
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Process is in the works...
  wont be ready till i get at least 200 rolled so bare with me .. if i had help itd be faster but its just me.. i gotta buy more meat to make more this… (Nextdoor Radford Riverside)

• Virginia Department of Human Resource Management posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty - Psychology Department in Radford. Apply here.
• Ace Hardware posted a job opening for Day Stocker in Radford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Radford here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Dublin

• Three Free WWII Warbird rides to be raffled off at the NRV Cruise In (pcpatriot.com)
• This Week's Yard Sales and Classifieds (pcpatriot.com)
• Hamilton, Donald Readford (nrvnews.com)

Christiansburg

• Touch-A-Truck NRV to return to Christiansburg with 80 trucks (wfxrtv.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: an operating theatre (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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