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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...

LewisGale Hosts Sixth Annual Camp Healthcare

LewisGale Medical Center hosted 22 middle school students from local schools this summer for Camp Healthcare 2011.  This is the sixth year the...

Virginia Ranks Fourth on Nation’s Big Tree List

by Lynn Davis Virginia ranks fourth among the states for having the most big tree species with 76 national champion trees, according to American...

FDR Library Photographic Exhibit Recalls Depression Era America

by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. Between 1935 and 1943, photographers from the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a New Deal agency, fanned out across America,...

Roanoke Children’s Choir Sings in Centuries Old Canterbury Cathedral

Fifty-two singers from the Concert Choir of the Roanoke College Children’s Choir participated in the highly acclaimed International Children’s Choir Festival at Canterbury...

Remembering Morgan; Hoping to Save Others

by Cheryl Hodges It has been a good while since Dan Harrington lived through the terrible night when “normal time” stopped for him, his...

Macher Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison

The former owner of several regional restaurants and other local businesses was sentenced last Thursday in the United States District Court for the...