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Roanoke Valley Greenway Coordinator Finds New Home at Regional Commission

The Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission and the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission are pleased to announce that the role of the Greenway Coordinator, which assists localities with the planning, expansion, and...

Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Selects New Chair

During their organizational meeting yesterday, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors selected Tammy E. Shepherd...

Cancer Prevention: Can Future-Focused Thinking Help Smokers Quit?

As the warning label on every pack of cigarettes tells us, smoking is harmful. It’s...

VDOT Lifts Lane Closures for Holiday Travel Across Virginia

If you’re headed out to do some last-minute holiday shopping, the Virginia Department of Transportation...

Virginia Credit Union, Member One Donate $15K to Roanoke, Lynchburg Youth Programs

Virginia Credit Union and its Member One division recently donated $15,000 to two community organizations...

Sixth District Candidate Ready to Challenge Goodlatte

by Valerie Garner Karen Kwiatkowski announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for Virginia’s 6th congressional district Thursday at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton....

“TomatOlympics” Highlight Eastmont Tomato Festival

by Bill Turner That’s the first two lines of the official Eastmont Tomato Festival song and it summed up the outlook of hundreds of...

Scale Model “Shootout” Comes to Roanoke Civic Center

by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. J. R. Pope of Richmond has been building models for 50 years.  As he recalls, the first kit he...

Railway Historical Society Plans Trips to Abingdon and “Eastern Continental Divide”

The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society has announced two unique round trip train excursions that will take place the first...

Turbine Hearing Figures to Be Lively

by Gene Marrano The “battle lines” have been drawn: local environmentalists and others looking for Roanoke County to make a statement about supporting alternative...

Bringing “LOVE” To Roanoke!

Roanoke is in the running for a statewide tourism promotion as part of the “Bring LOVE to Your Town” event.  The Virginia Tourism...