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Sweet potatoes or yams: What’s really on your Thanksgiving table?

It's harvest season for sweet potatoes in Virginia. Across the southeast, farmers are busy pulling rosy, orange-fleshed vegetables from their fields – but wait, are those actually yams? “No, we...

Virginia NICA Riders Claim 25 Podiums to Close Out the Season

Over the weekend of November 8–9, athletes and teams from 11 states competed in the...

Youngkin Starts Statewide Food Drive for Shutdown-Affected Virginians

Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday announced the launch of the Virginia Cares Initiative, a Commonwealth-wide food...

COVID-19 Vaccine Co-Designer Teresa Lambe to Deliver Lecture in Roanoke

One weekend in January 2020, immunologist Teresa Lambe received an email containing a DNA sequence. Lambe,...

Lawson Awarded 9% Tax Credits for Roanoke Housing Development

Lawson, a leading real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, and management of affordable...

Roanoke Post 3 Sweeps Doubleheader Against Vinton Post 80 in American Legion Play

Rainouts led to a regular season doubleheader between Roanoke Post 3 and Vinton Post 80 Monday night at Salem's Kiwanis Field as American Legion...

82 Percent of Lightning Strikes Are Males (Imagine that.)

According to the National Weather Service, fishing is dangerous. A recent study examined the 238 lightning deaths in America over the past seven years...

Young Prevails in 67th Roanoke Valley Match Play Championship

Sunday afternoon at Blue Hills Golf Club, the first tee looked like a scene from The Masters. The 67th Roanoke Valley Match Play Championship...

Roanoke Post 3 Falls to Big Island 9-8 in American Legion Play

It was a case of contrasting story lines Tuesday night in American Legion baseball at Kiwanis Field in Salem between Roanoke Post 3 and...

RVAA Swim Meet Season Hits Week Five at Hunting Hills

Ashley Plantation and Limestone Park swim clubs visited Hunting Hills pool Monday evening as week-five of the six-week Roanoke Valley Aquatic Association regular season...

Sweden’s Jonas Blixt reels in $1.134 million Greenbrier Classic top prize

Playing golf in the dark? No way, right? No problem if it's the final round of the fourth annual Greenbrier Classic that played out last...