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Vinton is located at (37.277987, −79.895248 [6]According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.16 square miles (8.2 km 2).. The town shares a substantial portion of its western border with the neighboring city of Roanoke.
The Omni Broadcasting Network was incorporated in 2001. [3] Its parent company, OBN Holdings, [4] produced films as well as television. [5] OBN's target demographic was adults age 25 and older during prime time, and ages 8 to 13 on weekend mornings.
The original section of the current structure dates to circa 1846, and was built on Glade Creek in Roanoke County by David Gish, Jr. [2] The mill was one of several on Glade and nearby Wolf Creeks built by members of the Gish family, giving the area its informal name of Gish's Mills (later Gish's Mill) before incorporating as the Town of Vinton ...
The dead woman who was found entangled in a baggage conveyor belt at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was from North Carolina, authorities said Friday. The Cook County Medical Examiner's ...
The Omni Homestead Resort is a luxury resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, United States, in the middle of the Allegheny Mountains.The area has the largest hot springs in the commonwealth, and the resort is also known for its championship golf courses, which have hosted several national tournaments.
WKBA (1550 AM, "Classic Country 93.1") is a daytime only broadcast radio station licensed to Vinton, Virginia, serving Roanoke and the Roanoke Valley in Virginia. [3] WKBA is owned and operated by Brian Sizer, through licensee Backroads Radio, LLC. [4]
Bedford County is represented by Republican Mark Peake (8th District) in the Virginia Senate; Republicans Eric Zehr (51st District) and Tim Griffin (53rd District) in the Virginia House of Delegates; and Republicans Bob Good (VA 5th District), Ben Cline (VA 6th District), and Morgan Griffith (VA 9th District) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The first settlement of the Virginia Colony in the future Clarke County was in 1736 by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron who built a home, Greenway Court, on part of his 5 million acres (20,000 km 2) property, near what is now the village of White Post.