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Roanoke City Engineering Teacher Honored With Nation’s Highest STEM Teaching Award
Raymond Cotter, an engineering teacher at the RCPS Charles W. Day Technical Education Center (DAYTEC), has been named by President Joe Biden as a recipient of the prestigious Presidential...
VA Passenger Rail Authority Selects Construction Partner for Long Bridge-South Package
The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) has announced the selection of the Long Bridge Rail...
New River Battalion Tops National Ranking for Second Year
For the second year in a row, the New River Battalion has been named the nation’s top...
Roanoke Star To Be Acquired By Paradise Media
Some time in the next couple of days as final documents are signed and files...
Fralin Institute: Words Activate Hidden Brain Processes Shaping Emotions, Decisions and Behavior
In an unprecedented new study in the journal Cell Reports, researchers have shown neurotransmitters in the...
The Lost Engines: Three N&W Class M-2 and M-2C Steam Locomotives
The steam locomotives in the Roanoke scrap yard are the last surviving examples of two classes of Norfolk & Western heavy freight locomotives,...
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Workshops Offered
“Help with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: 5 Ways to Make Life Easier for You and Your Loved One” will be presented at two...
ID3 Tears Through Town: Bike Races Draw Big Crowds in Roanoke
Mill Mountain and Downtown Roanoke played host to some of the best cycling the Commonwealth has seen this year. Three events kicked off the...
Market Building Renovations Move Forward
Roanoke City Council voted (7-0) Monday to move forward with the million City Market Building renovations, targeting completion by 2011. A 0,000...
Second Roanoke Tea Party Big Success
Democrats, Republicans, Independents and Libertarians all have one thing in common: all were equally represented at the second Roanoke Tea Party held this year...
Kaine Praises Roanoke’s Green Initiatives
“It’s not an exaggeration to say that Roanoke and the Roanoke Valley are doing something that’s not being done anywhere else in Virginia,” said...