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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...

AG Visits Roanoke; Says He Is On Right Side Of Health Care Challenge

by Gene Marrano During a visit to his Roanoke office on Peters Creek Road last week, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli expressed confidence that the...

Local Talent To Be On Display in SVB’s Cinderella

by Nancy Kelderhouse The talent of the Southwest Virginia Ballet Company dancers has never been more apparent than in the upcoming production of Cinderella. The...

Carilion Clinic Announces Top Leadership Transition

Nancy Howell Agee will become President and Chief Executive Officer of Carilion Clinic on July 1, 2011, succeeding Edward Murphy, M.D., who is stepping...

A Sign to Help Show the Way—To “Peace”

by Cheryl Hodges On a rolling hillside overlooking one of the Valley's busy thoroughfares—Cloverdale Road—there sits an inviting little church that was literally built by...

City Council Notes: Poff Project Supported

by Valerie Garner David Ehrenwerth, Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator, General Services Administration, traveled from Philadelphia to discuss the merits of the $51 million renovation of the...

Girl Scouts Provide Milk & Cookies Break for Kroger Employees

Imagine an afternoon break of milk and Girl Scout cookies, served by the Girl Scouts themselves! That’s the treat that awaited employees at the Kroger...