Day: May 19, 2013

By Bill Kovarik    

Beth Obenshain watched as suburban developments swept away the farms around Blacksburg, Va.,  where she had grown up.  And, as a self-described “country kid,” it bothered her.

So in 2002 she retired as a senior editor for the Roanoke Times and took on the challenge of directing the New  River Land Trust.   Read More “A country kid’s passion for preservation”