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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...

Let the Games Begin

  by Gene Marrano It’s huge—it encompasses almost 60 sports and close to 10,000 athletes from all across Virginia. The much anticipated 22nd annual Coventry Commonwealth...

Nancy Horn Announces Re-Election

  by Valerie Garner Nancy Horn, incumbent Roanoke County Commissioner of Revenue, announced Tuesday her intentions to seek another term. Horn, 66, a Democrat has an...

Valley Regional Fire-EMS Cadets Make the Grade

by Valerie Garner The wind had two firefighters in extended arched buckets struggling to calm the large American flag that served as the gateway to...

Virginia Tech Robotics Team Dominates International Robocup Competition

by Steven Mackay Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory team dominated the international robot soccer competition known as RoboCup this past weekend, winning the Louis...

Steve Fugate Hikes America on a Mission of Hope and Healing

by Elizabeth Matthews Jones According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), suicide has become the 11th highest cause of death in the USA.  Over...

“Overnight” Puts The Spotlight On Live Theater Once Again

by Gene Marrano Overnight Sensations returned to Mill Mountain Theatre last weekend for a fifth time. It is a frenetic, 24 hour period when writers,...