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Roanoke Businesses Get Support Through Equipment Incentive

Local businesses in the City of Roanoke seeking to expand their operations will soon have access to a program designed to help offset the cost of acquiring essential equipment. The...

Youngkin Announces Google Investing $9 Billion Across Virginia

Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday announced Google will invest an additional $9 billion in Virginia through...

Inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas: The Bold New Icon Transforming the Standard of 5-Star Luxury

Fontainebleau in Miami Beach is easily one of the most iconic and luxurious hotels you...

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...

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...

Six Developers Receive Hard Hat Awards

In celebration of National Preservation Month, the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation presented Hardhat Awards to six developers—three individuals and three institutions—who have exhibited long-term...

Local Hometown Deal Site Battling National Online Coupon Giants

  by Laura Neff Henderson Stephen Smiroldo wanted to be able to take his wife out more often but after losing his full time employment, in...

Taubman On The Right Track Says Director

  by Gene Marrano The budget shortfall has been cut in half, memberships are up and progress is being made in connecting the facility with the...

Tech Engineers Receive More Than $1 Million to Improve Networks

  "A critical factor affecting the wide-scale deployment of wireless ad hoc networks is network capacity," asserted Thomas Hou, associate professor of electrical and computer...

Macaroni Kid Keeps Parents In The Loop

by Gene Marrano Geared largely towards children and their moms, a website and accompanying e-mail blasts called “Macaroni Kid” has arrived on the scene,...

Roanoker Biscuits Get National Recognition

  by Laura L. Neff-Henderson On any given day, the team at The Roanoker Restaurant makes between 1,500 and 2,000 handmade biscuits. But, it only took...