Things to know ahead of Wednesday’s subscription plan rollout:

All previous early bird specials have been reset to have a start date beginning Wednesday.

We have removed the requirement for a physical address in the registration section.

All that’s required is:

First name

Last name

Email address

Password

Re-type password

Content that will remain free:

Severe weather and natural disaster alerts and news

Threats to public safety, missing and endangered people and Amber and Silver alerts

Photo galleries

Opinion page pieces

Obituaries 

Sports roundups

The city, county, sanitary district and HCC pages

We thank those who have already signed up. We hope this will get us to where we need to be for expanded coverage in the Roanoke Valley — Lance Martin