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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...

New Course is Open

The exclusive Ballyhack Golf Course in the Mt. Pleasant area of Roanoke County opened last weekend, showing off what developer George Lester hopes will...

Local Sports Legend George “Kila” Miller Steps Down

In sports, it's one thing to be a great coach. It's quite another to attain a certain level of success that justifies one as...

Wiffle Ball Offers Fun Alternative

The Yard, a 5,000 square-foot indoor baseball and softball training facility in Southwest Roanoke County, is looking for teams to sign up for...

Battle of the Hills

Perennial Roanoke Valley Aquatic Association champ Hunting Hills Country Club visited Forest Hills Monday night for a spirited southwest Roanoke County meet.

ID3 Bike Races Return

Independence Day weekend brings the ID3 time trial road bike races back to downtown Roanoke, July 3, 4 and 5. The Mill Mountain...

Everybody in the Pool

The Roanoke Valley Aquatic Association summer swim meet season has begun. Olympic Park traveled to Hidden Valley Country Club for a meet Monday...