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Roanoke Offers $7.76 Holiday Admission at Parks and Rec Centers

Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism invites the community to celebrate Independence Day weekend with special savings at their recreation facilities. Beginning July 3 through July 6, 2025, daily...

Smith Mountain Lake Cleanup Nets 26 Tons of Debris

Community volunteers collected more than 26 tons of debris as part of the 37th Annual...

TRIO Programs Empower First-Generation Students Across Southwest Virginia

Karlee Shivley can’t wait to be a Hokie this fall — but there was a...

Lucy Addison High School Named Virginia Historic Landmark

The original Lucy Addison High School, built in 1928 as a segregated high school for...

Roanoke Libraries Open as Cooling Centers During Heat Wave

With temperatures forecasted for the upper 90s over next week, the City of Roanoke urges...

Coventry Commonwealth Games Feature Idol Contestant, Gold Medalist

American Idol finalist and Richmond native, Elliott Yamin will be the featured act at the 20th annual Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia’s Opening Ceremonies. Yamin’s...

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...

Trek-Livestrong Team Member Dominates Roanoke’s ID3 Races

Ben King of the Trek-Livestrong professional cycling team took top overall honors along with two stages in Roanoke’s ID3 weekend of bicycle races over...

Showdown at the Elks Club

Roanoke Country Club, Castle Rock and the Elks Club met in a three-way match at the Elks pool Monday night. RCC came in first,...

Rec League Baseball

No contest: the Cave Spring National All-Stars (9-10) defeated Pembroke 26-0 in a game played last weekend.

The Roanokers Win Title and Tournament

The Roanokers won the 2009 Cave Spring National Little League (CSNLL ) Major League regular season title, also winning two games to sweep the...