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Dels. Rasoul, Franklin Join Dems to Vote Selves 278% Pay Raise

The Democrat-led General Assembly voted in recent days to raise the salary for State Delegates and Senators to $50,000 per year. Virginia has always had a General Assembly made of...

While Del. Rasoul Condemns ICE, Illegal Alien Stabs Fredericksburg Woman To Death At Fairfax Bus Stop

On Monday, February 23, Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, was found stabbed to death at...

Catawba Sustainability Center Expands Applied Research in Roanoke County

When Matthew Wagner walks the fields of the Catawba Sustainability Center, he’s thinking about more...

VA Tech Study Identifies Key Exercise Enzyme That Could Inform Diabetes Treatment

Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and...

Roanoke City Public Schools Receives $450K State Grant to Build First Solar-Powered Microgrid at any K-12 School in Virginia

Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) has been awarded a grant from the Virginia Department of...

Elmwood Park Amphitheater Plan Scrubbed

It is curtains for the amphitheater design that excited Roanokers in April 2009. Monday morning Vice-Mayor David Trinkle let go of the amphitheater project...

Nation’s First Volunteer EMS Needs Support

Roanoke Emergency Medical Services has one and only one volunteer squad, which also happens to be the very first emergency volunteer group established in...

Chamber Sees Hopeful Signs For Growing Economy

The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce held its annual membership meeting at Hotel Roanoke last week, giving members a chance to swap stories and...

Patrick Henry Opens Season With 70-55 Win Over Martinsville

Patrick Henry used 25 points from Cam Jones and 24 from Marcus Banks as the Patriots defeated the Bulldogs in the season opener for...

Dickens of a Christmas

Dickens of a Christmas opened its annual three week run of Friday night holiday cheer with a tree lighting (moved to the Norfolk Southern...

W. Lee Wilhelm, III 2010 Citizen of the Year

W. Lee Wilhelm was recognized at Monday’s Roanoke City council meeting as the 2010 Citizen of the Year. He served six years as President...