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Cave Spring Baptist Church Celebrates 150 Years of Ministry

In an age where a business or organization may be open one day and out of business the next, the issue of resilience is key. On September 7, Cave Spring...

Cox Employees Award $15,000 to Roanoke Nonprofits

Cox Communications employees have awarded a total of $15,000 in grants to three local nonprofits,...

SNAP cuts put 450k Virginia families at risk; PORCH Roanoke fills the gap

Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are putting Virginia families and food...

Roanoke’s 3rd annual Save a Life Day joins 50-state effort to provide overdose solutions

On September 25, 2025, all 50 states will host free naloxone events for Save a...

What Hokies need to know for Saturday’s matchup against Wofford

Dear Hokies — We’re looking forward to another exciting Saturday football game as Virginia Tech takes...

Westlake Golf Course Announces Winner of Swing 50 Golf Promotion

The Westlake Golf Course (a Willard company)  announced that Dr. Ken Thelan is the winner of the Swing 50 promotion in honor of the...

Mary Hardin-Baylor Edges Wisconsin-Oshkosh 10-7 In Stagg Bowl

Maybe it was the defenses. Or possibly the cold temperatures that stayed in the 20s throughout the game. Either way, Mary Hardin-Baylor captured the Amos...

The Lea’s Winter Basketball Classic Returns to Berglund Center With Top Local High School Talent

The Berglund Center has announced that the 3rd annual Lea’s High School Winter Classic Basketball Challenge will tip off on January 14, 2017 with William...

Wild Bill Sport’s Roundup!

Here we go. The most anticipated holiday column since Clement Clarke Moore inked "A Visit From St. Nicholas" in 1822. Ironically, that work was first published...

Roanoke Catholic Runs The Table For VIS D-III State Championship

For the Roanoke Catholic football team it was Mission Accomplished. On two fronts. The first goal was set nearly a year ago after the Celtics, looking...

Return Of Ice Hockey Evokes Memories of ’74 Roanoke Championship

For more than a year, excitement continually built up for the long-awaited return of professional ice hockey to the Roanoke Valley. The announcement of a...

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