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Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Selects New Chair

During their organizational meeting yesterday, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors selected Tammy E. Shepherd as Chair for 2026. Mrs. Shepherd has served as the Vinton District representative since...

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...

Invest to Win Takes Flight With $20 Million Record Gift to Athletics

At a historic juncture for Virginia Tech Athletics, a donor has stepped forward to make...

Year Ends With Magical Gift

Roanokers didn’t have to dream of a white Christmas last Saturday morning as they awoke to a snow-scaped scene that even the old crooner...

VA Tech, Carilion to Create Digital ER Pediatric Response Chart

A well-known paper-based medical chart used by pediatric emergency personnel across America is undergoing a 21st century boost in an collaborative effort between Virginia...

“Hand Of God” Trilogy Created By Vinton Author

An optician by trade, Judi Ann Ehresman said she has always been a writer. Now retired and living in Vinton with her husband Richard,...

Faith Christian School Raises $300,000

Faith Christian School will finish the year having raised an additional $300,000 toward its capital campaign Finish in Faith. The $8.2 million dollar campaign began...

K-Guard Holiday Classic Brings Big Hoop Surprises

Hidden Valley's #44 Austin Beecher blocks out Salem's Michael Brown to secure a Titan rebound.

“Tuned Out TV” Details Life at a Fictional Radio Station

Think “The Office” meets “WKRP in Cincinnati,” perhaps: what happens when a small town religious radio station turns Top 40 – with the same...