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Roanoke Offers $7.76 Holiday Admission at Parks and Rec Centers

Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism invites the community to celebrate Independence Day weekend with special savings at their recreation facilities. Beginning July 3 through July 6, 2025, daily...

Smith Mountain Lake Cleanup Nets 26 Tons of Debris

Community volunteers collected more than 26 tons of debris as part of the 37th Annual...

TRIO Programs Empower First-Generation Students Across Southwest Virginia

Karlee Shivley can’t wait to be a Hokie this fall — but there was a...

Lucy Addison High School Named Virginia Historic Landmark

The original Lucy Addison High School, built in 1928 as a segregated high school for...

Roanoke Libraries Open as Cooling Centers During Heat Wave

With temperatures forecasted for the upper 90s over next week, the City of Roanoke urges...

For Porter, Hard Work Brings Profit

Every team is made up of a combination of different parts. There are star players, and there are role players. There are standout...

Cave Spring Repeats as State Champions!

Cave Spring Head Coach Billy Hicks was reveling in the moment. "I can remember when we only dreamed about being at this level,...

Cave Spring Advances to State Title Game with Win Over New Kent

Cave Spring center Josh Henderson was fighting off some inconvenient maladies Tuesday afternoon. He had a case of tonsillitis and was taking antibiotics....

Hoops Notebook -Maroons Earn NCAA Berth / Faith Falters

Maroons Earn NCAA Berth, Fall in 2nd Round For a while, it seemed like a cruel case of déjà vu.  The Roanoke College...

PH Soccer Raises the Stakes

Head Coach Chris Dowdy won’t come out and say it, nor should he. But when you’re the coach of a team coming off...

Northside Falls to Patrick County in State Quarterfinal

Give the Lady Vikings credit. They clawed and fought all night long. They dove for loose balls and swarmed the court with pressure...