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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...

Commonwealth Games Baseball Preview

The Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia kicks off this weekend at Salem Kiwanis Field with one of the most prestigious baseball showcase events in...

Taking One for the Team Came Easy for PH Player

Gary Wayne Fitzgerald, a senior second baseman for the Patrick Henry High School baseball team recently completed a record setting season.  While fellow infielder...

Let The Commonwealth Games Begin

The Coventry Commonwealth Games of Virginia are rapidly approaching. The Games are an Olympic-style amateur sports festival for both male and female athletes...

Swim Competition Heating Up

Swim pix of the week: summer swim teams from Roanoke City, Roanoke County and Botetourt County met head on Monday night as Ashley Plantation,...

DC Baseball

Despite being mired firmly in last place, the Washington Nationals welcomed big crowds as they hosted the Red Sox last week. Attendance-wise, it was...

Eagle Scouts

Seven Boy Scouts who have achieved scouting's highest advancement honor were recognized at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor recently.  Lucian Grove III,  Matthew...