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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...

Feeding America SW VA Makes Big Impact

by Mary Campagna Virginians who have watched the national news lately have likely seen images of scores of gaunt East Africans wandering across the...

PTA and Community Support Spruce Up Day at Clearbrook Elementary School

Budget shortfalls had limited the resources available for grounds upkeep such as pruning and weeding at Clearbrook Elementary School, so the PTA organized a...

Book On Bullying Still Rings True Twenty Years Later

by Gene Marrano With schools set to open locally in the next few weeks the topic of bullying is something that is bound to...

Radford Researchers’ Data Leads to Ancient Burial Site

by Ann Brown Radford University professor Rhett Herman and physics major Jared Palmer spent two weeks this summer on a remote beach searching for...

Rescue Mission Receives $80,000 Food Donation

The Rescue Mission received one of its largest food donations in its 63 year history on Tuesday.  Star Valley Provisions, a Roanoke foodservice...

Tomato Festival Offers Pageant, Contests And “TomatOlympics”

by Bill Turner It's the lycopersicon esculentum, the infamous fruit eaten as a vegetable and the third part of the ever-popular BLT sandwich. The...