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Scientists uncover immune cells that help prostate cancer resist treatment and a way to stop them

July 11, 2025

Youngkin Celebrates Historic Investments and Improvements Along Interstate 81

VA Tech Grad Builds Career at Roanoke’s WDBJ7

Roanoke City Schools Earn VSBA Innovation Award Honorable Mention

Virginia experts explain what’s behind measles surge and how to stop it

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AI-Powered Text Scams Could Fool Anyone, Says VA Tech Data Privacy Expert

July 9, 2025

Don’t believe everything you read — especially if it’s a text message like these: "Notice: Your vehicle was identified as having an unpaid toll. Click now to pay your balance." "We attempted to deliver your package today but were unsuccessful. Please schedule a redelivery or provide payment for a...

VA Tech experts on hurricane preparedness and flood warnings

July 9, 2025

Youngkin Announces Achieving 25% Reduction Target for Regulatory Requirements

July 9, 2025

VA Tech Helps CoStar Break Ground with FAA-Approved Drone Use

July 8, 2025

VA Tech Program Shapes Nearly a Quarter of State’s School Superintendents

July 8, 2025

Keller Kicks Off Bid To Unseat Rasoul

July 8, 2025

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Arts / Events Etc.

Hollins University To Host USA Cycling Event, July 14, 2025

July 9, 2025

Hollins University, the City of Roanoke, and Roanoke County are teaming up to present the 2025 and 2026 USA Cycling Endurance Mountain Bike National...

Pamplin Park’s Independence Day Celebration Returns

June 24, 2025

Hello Summer Festival Returns to Green Hill Park June 20

June 5, 2025

‘The Anatomy of Her Healing’ Exhibit in Roanoke Explores Art, Trauma, and Resilience

June 4, 2025

Tavern Stage Summer Music Series Returns to Explore Park June 13

June 3, 2025

Business

Farm Credit Pays $1 Million in Cash Dividends to Local Customers

July 11, 2025

The Roanoke branch of Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV), a customer-owned financial cooperative with more than 100 years of support for rural communities...

Virginia Workforce Program Named Nation’s Best, Says Youngkin

June 26, 2025

Youngkin Announces Nonfarm Payrolls Increase by 1,200 Jobs in May

June 25, 2025

Youngkin Announces Medallia Launches New Corporate Office in Fairfax

June 18, 2025

With Boost from Youngkin, New Cidery to Source $165K in Virginia Apples

June 17, 2025

Columnists

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Is An Ode To Gluttony

July 11, 2025

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won the Nathan‘s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, which was located at...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

July 8, 2025

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

July 8, 2025

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

July 7, 2025

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

July 4, 2025

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

July 4, 2025

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

July 3, 2025

Commentary

Closing Virginia’s Education Gaps: Funding, Choice, and Accountability

July 1, 2025

It shouldn’t be hard for both political parties to agree that among those who suffered most from covid school shut-downs were low-income children. In the...

Last Week Proves Again Wind and Solar Cannot Take the Heat

June 30, 2025

VA Elections Should Be About Virginia’s Future — Not a Referendum on President Trump

June 27, 2025

One is Enough: End the Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia

June 26, 2025

Primary Results Will Force Spanberger to Prove if She’s a Centrist

June 23, 2025

In Response to R. Maronic’s Editorial About Hamas on June 12th

June 20, 2025

Energy Policy: The Biggest Problem Facing Virginia’s Next Governor

June 16, 2025

COMMUNITY

The Roanoke Star - July 11, 2025

Experts offer tips to keep teens engaged – and off screens – this summer

While summer may provide teens with a much-needed break from the classroom, it often comes with a heavy dose of screen time and perhaps some boredom. Virginia Tech...

The Roanoke Star - July 9, 2025

Roanoke Marks 90 Years of Social Security with Free Ice Cream Event

The 90th anniversary of Social Security is on August 14, and AARP Virginia is holding free events, including ice cream socials, to celebrate the program that more than...

The Roanoke Star - July 7, 2025

Bubba’s 33 Roanoke Supports Veterans with Burger Sales

Throughout July, Bubba’s 33 will partner with Homes For Our Troops to raise money to help build specially adapted homes for post 9-11 veterans, severely injured in the...

The Roanoke Star - July 2, 2025

Four things to remember as you celebrate the Fourth of July

From fireworks to food preparation, Virginia Tech experts offer practical advice for enjoying this week’s holiday. Keep food cool and allergy-safe With temperatures soaring, food can quickly become a safety...