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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...

City Takes Hard Look at GEM Electric Get-Arounds

by Valerie Garner Just before Monday’s 2:00 p.m. council meeting, in front of the Municipal Building, Dominion Dodge was demonstrating two electric vehicles that could...

Inside Roanoke’s ECC

Roanoke County’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC) handles more than 200,000 calls each year and now citizens will have an opportunity to see the facility...

Roanoke City Hides Expansion Plans for Countryside

by Valerie Garner A prominent Healthcare Company’s first property choice for their state of the art “PACE Center” is the city-owned Countryside Golf Course. But...

Greene Memorial Honors Past As It Renovates for Future

by Frances Stebbins It has taken more than 20 years of dreaming and planning but members of historic Greene Memorial United Methodist Church in downtown...

Festival Kicks Off This Week in Roanoke

The 2nd Annual Down By Downtown Festival celebrating the culture and diversity of the up and coming music scene in Roanoke will run from...

Family Service Joins International Effort in Global Youth Service Day

Family Service of Roanoke Valley (FSRV) will join over one hundred organizations around the world in sponsoring the 23rd annual Global Youth Service Day...