back to top
Support Us!
Weekly Newsletter

Business

Youngkin Announces Record-Setting Tourism Spending, $35.1B in Virginia in 2024

Governor Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) announced that Virginia’s tourism industry generated a record high $35.1 billion in visitor spending in 2024, marking a 5.4% increase from...

Youngkin Highlights Strong Growth in Virginia Job Openings and Hiring

Yesterday, Governor Youngkin announced that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) May 2025 Job...

Youngkin Announces AstraZeneca Selects Virginia for Multi-Billion Dollar Manufacturing Center

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development, and...

Youngkin Announces June Jobs Surveys

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced last Friday that according to BLS CES data, nonfarm employment decreased...

Virginia Tourism Corporation Announces Catherine Marshburn as Vice President of Marketing

Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) yesterday announced that Catherine “Cat” Marshburn has been named Vice President...

Fox Radio 910 AM Rolls With Programming Changes

Oh, the joys of programming a talk radio station: Fox Radio 910am operations manager Blair Peyton, who runs the station for his father Ben...

Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op To Open Second Location

Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op has announced that the cooperative has signed a lease with Center in the Square to open a second location at the...

Science Museum Hires Development & Marketing Director

The Science Museum of Western Virginia is pleased to announce Michael Hemphill – a former Roanoke Times reporter and nonprofit executive director in Montgomery...

To Buy or Not to Buy: Limiting Excess

 At this time of year, it is easy to stick our heads in the sand (or snow) in relationship to financial or other...

Virginia Economic Developers Association Names New President

Ann Blair Miller, director of project management for the Roanoke Regional Partnership, has been elected 2013 president of the Virginia Economic Developers Association (VEDA). The...

Local Dealers Donate CPR Training Devices To Local Girl Scouts

New car & truck dealers from the Roanoke area presented Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline with four "Resusci Anne" training manikins. The presentation...
1...214215216...277Page 215 of 277

About us

Formerly known in print as The Roanoke Star Sentinel; TheRoanokeStar.com is an independent, community-focused online news source.

Company

The latest

VA Tech Researchers support pilot project to help protect the Chesapeake Bay

News 0
Virginia Tech researchers are helping lead a new state...

VA Tech’s partnership with Aclara aims to expand supply chain for critical minerals

News 0
Virginia Tech and the Canadian-headquartered Aclara Resources are taking...

Deporting Violent Aliens Could Be a Big Winner for Earle-Sears

Commentary 0
Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate for governor, has unveiled...

Search

Support The Roanoke Star

© 2025 TheRoanokeStar.com. All Rights Reserved.