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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...

Goodlatte Says GSA Has Violated Law

Congressman Bob Goodlatte has sent a follow-up letter to Martha Johnson, the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) calling on the GSA...

Operation Christmas Child: Good Fun with a Mission

Who wouldn’t mind getting out of class for a bit to stuff brightly wrapped shoeboxes with Christmas gifts for needy kids?  For the third...

Roanoke Welcomes Holidays

For more than three decades, it’s been as much of a harbinger of the upcoming holiday season in these parts as the extra supplies...

News 7 Anchor Ready for “The Big Leagues”

There’s nothing wrong with staying here in Roanoke to anchor or report on the news if that’s what you want to do, but Natasha...

Get Your Holiday Toes Tapping With the Roanoke Valley Community Band

One of Roanoke’s long-standing best-kept secrets will be putting on yet another of its delightful performances – coming up this week on Tuesday November...

For Every Student at Hurt Park – Their Very Own Hand Knit Sweater

Students at Hurt Park Elementary got a warm and toasty treat this past Monday from a group of “knitting ladies” in the community who...