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Hokie Pride Unboxed: Join in the Fun of Hokie Gear on Instagram

Virginia Tech is kicking off the holiday season with a spirited new Instagram campaign that puts Hokie pride front and center. The university, in partnership with Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC)...

The right way to ship holiday gifts, according to a packaging expert

If your gift can’t survive a 12-inch drop, it’s not ready to ship. That’s a...

Realistic ways to maintain health habits during the holidays

Between travel, family gatherings, and endless to-do lists, the holidays can make it hard to...

VA Tech’s Hokie Harvest Breaks Records

The auctioneer’s chant filled the Alphin-Stuart Livestock Arena as more than 100 buyers packed the stands,...

Hollins’ Darla Schumm Publishes “Healing Ableism”

Hollins University associate provost and religious studies professor Darla Schumm, Ph.D., has published her new...

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...

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...