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As Weather Warms Drivers and Motorcyclists Reminded to Share The Road
The last few days have felt like summer, resulting in more and more motorcyclists on the roadways. In the last 10 years, registered motorcycles have increased 14%, according to...
Governor Youngkin and First Lady Recognize National Fentanyl Awareness Day in Roanoke
Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin recognized National Fentanyl Awareness Day across...
Blue Ridge Parkway Receives $75 Million for Road Improvements in Roanoke Corridor
Historic investments funded by the Great American Outdoors Act will bring needed repairs to iconic...
4th Circuit Allows Religious School to Make Employment Decisions Aligned With Beliefs
The following quote is attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President for...
Salem Mayor’s Office: We Have To Install The Spy Cameras Before We Can Discuss The Spy Cameras
On March 9, 2010, in the heated struggle to approve the controversial “Obamacare” legislation (aka...
Grad Student Reinvents Concept of Musical Instruments
Mike Butera was always the guy in the band toting multiple instruments: the beat-up banjoes, the ukulele rescued from a dusty shop, the cello...
Artists, Designers and Engineers Join Forces to Build Protective Body Panels for Robots
A Virginia Tech art professor and visual communication design professor are working with one of the university’s engineering departments to improve the aesthetics and...
Morrill To Resign as City Manager – Accepts Appointment As GFOA Executive Director
The Government Finance Officers Association, whose office is based in Chicago, Ill., has announced the appointment of Chris Morrill for its Executive Director. Morrill was...
VTC Carilion Helping Transform VA From “Train State to Brain State”
The brain never finishes growing up. It begins to develop before birth and progresses at a ferocious pace through infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Even...
Big Brothers Big Sisters and Roanoke Outside Seek Mentors For New Outdoor Explorer Program
Year-long program will give kids access to outdoors activities across the region.Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Virginia (BBBS), in partnership with the Roanoke...
Study Provides Surprising Message of Hope on Appalachian Prosperity
Born in West Virginia and descended from coal miners, Crystal Cook Marshall knows all too well the stereotype of Appalachians as clannish and feuding,...