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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...

Roanoker Helps To Make Permaculture A Way Of Life

by Gene Marrano “Permaculture” is all about finding ways to live more naturally, and Ron McCorkle says it’s part of a movement that is...

International Tennis Professional Lands Academy In Roanoke

by Gene Marrano Once he was tennis royalty, battling the likes of Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, winning fourteen singles titles, including the Australian Open...

Roanoke is For Train Lovers

The Virginia Museum of Transportation hosted a day of fun and excitement for all ages with “Train Lovers Saturday” last weekend. The event kicked...

Countryside Decision Proving to be Long, Slow Slog

by Valerie Garner It has been a “long slow slog” for the Countryside ex-golf course neighborhood. Distrust still permeates neighbors’ memories and some are so...

Biker Church Rides Against Grain

by Keisha Graziadei-Shup “‘Well you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road. You feel the eyes upon you as you’re shakin’ off the...

AEP Spokesman Hears Earful From Residents

by Gene Marrano Appalachian Electric Power spokesman Tom Rotenberry and several other AEP employees met with about a dozen residents of southwest Roanoke County’s Green...