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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...

Smith Vows to Return to Senate

by Gene Marrano They thought they had him “all figured out,” said Ralph Smith, referring to the Virginia State Senate redistricting plan that gerrymandered the...

Blues in the Blue Ridge!

On June 4th blues masters will converge at the Blue Ridge Music Center located at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway to give...

Republicans Have Sights On Board of Supervisors

  by Valerie Garner   The Roanoke County Republican Committee has formed a recruitment committee for the upcoming 2011 elections for the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors....

City Passes Up Business Opportunities

by Valerie Garner According to Freedom of Information Act documents, George Cartledge, III was begging for the Countryside tennis building as far back as November...

Roanoke Red Cross Stands Ready to Help Locally and Nationally

by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. A fourteen-year veteran with the American Red Cross, Amy Whittaker, public relations officer with the organization’s Roanoke Valley chapter, is...

Saying Goodbye to Cave Spring Middle School—For Now

by Cheryl Hodges Nostalgia was the order of the day last Sunday for those that came to reminisce and take a last stroll through the...