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Govenor’s “Children’s Cabinet” Gets Eye-opener at Fallon Park
Members of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s appointed “Children’s Cabinet” were in town recently to tour Fallon Park Elementary School. The southeast Roanoke City public school has its challenges, as outlined...
Old Macdonald Had A Farm—And A Tourist Destination, And A Side Business
A report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this fall provides a detailed...
Virginia State Parks To Celebrate The New Year With “First Day Hikes “
Virginia State Parks, managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, will offer special...
Regency Room Restoration Coming
Roanoke’s longest standing fine-dining establishment gets a facelift
To mark the 75th anniversary of the...
GE Partners With Virginia Tech To Improve Wind Energy Efficiency
A new method of manufacturing wind turbine blades, used in the capturing of energy that...
Floydfest Bigger Than Ever
by Gene Marrano
FloydFest hoped its 10th anniversary would be an “eXperience,” which is how it was billed, and for the thousands that showed...
Latest Jackson River Suit Pits Landowners Against Fishermen
A civil case against three Virginia anglers that began last Tuesday in Covington could set a precedent that would limit the public’s right...
U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy Kicks Off National Night Out
by Valerie Garner
The first Tuesday in August every year “National Night Out Against Crime” has neighbors gathering to stand up against criminal activity....
Annual Touch-a-Truck Thrills Children
by Cheryl Hodges
Held for the third year, last Saturday’s Touch-a- Truck event at Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park was overflowing with activity which...
Roanoke College Debuts in Princeton Review for Beauty and Scholarship
Roanoke College has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, according to students surveyed by The Princeton Review. The annual guidebook...
A Sure Sign of Summer
The PGA TOUR returned to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia this week for the second annual Greenbrier Classic. A champion will be crowned...