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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...

Council Gets Lesson In Stormwater Management

by Valerie Garner Roanoke City faces new stormwater quality mandates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “It is their number one enforcement priority,” said Phil...

Bicentennial Locomotive “1776” to Shine Again at VMT

  The Virginia Museum of Transportation has announced a campaign to restore a unique symbol of this nation’s fight for its freedom. In the mid-1970s,...

Roanoke Railhouse Brewery Fresh Option For Beer Aficionados

by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. Some time ago Steve Davidson, a realtor with Remax Allpoints, worked with a gentleman in Roanoke who dreamed of starting...

Griffith and Company Take On Budget Issues

  by Gene Marrano Morgan Griffith picked an interesting time to be a freshman in Congress. With the debt ceiling argument a major political topic these...

“The Lover” Is Newest Offering From GAMUT Theater Ensemble

by Gene Marrano Miriam Frazier, artistic director for the GAMUT amateur theater troupe, calls Harold Pinter’s “The Lover,” a one-act work that she will direct...

Smith Gives Summary of New State Laws

During this year’s “short” legislative session, the General Assembly considered 1892 bills and hundreds of resolutions. Ultimately 888 bills were signed into law...