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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...

Long Way From Home

Staff Sgt. Travis Surber, a native of Franklin County and a paratrooper with the 173rd Brigade Combat Team’s Battle Company of the 2nd...

Floydfest Bigger Than Ever

by Gene Marrano FloydFest hoped its 10th anniversary would be an “eXperience,” which is how it was billed, and for the thousands that showed...

Latest Jackson River Suit Pits Landowners Against Fishermen

A civil case against three Virginia anglers that began last Tuesday in Covington could set a precedent that would limit the public’s right...

U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy Kicks Off National Night Out

by Valerie Garner The first Tuesday in August every year “National Night Out Against Crime” has neighbors gathering to stand up against criminal activity....

Annual Touch-a-Truck Thrills Children

by Cheryl Hodges Held for the third year, last Saturday’s Touch-a- Truck event at Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park was overflowing with activity which...

Roanoke College Debuts in Princeton Review for Beauty and Scholarship

Roanoke College has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, according to students surveyed by The Princeton Review. The annual guidebook...