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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...

Grandin Village Holiday Children’s Parade Coming

The Grandin Village Business Association is sponsoring the Annual Grandin Village Holiday Children’s Parade, Saturday November 20th at 11 am.  The parade starts at...

Riverside Clinic Receives LEED Certification

AECOM Technology Corporation has announced that the Carilion Riverside Clinic has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. This state-of-the-art, 210,000-square-foot, multi-specialty...

RAM House Expects Large Thanksgiving Crowd

With the downturn in economy the last couple years, it comes as no surprise that area ministries like RAM (Roanoke Area Ministries) are preparing...

StellarOne Drumstick Dash Becoming an Annual Favorite

It sounds a bit like putting the cart before the horse – getting out for some exercise before the big Thanksgiving meal -- but...

Meals Tax Trend Shows Roanokers Eating Out More

Roanokers got the munchies in September per the Director of Finance Ann Shawver. What was a declining tax revenue at the end of the...

United Way Women’s Initiative Gets Set to Launch into Action

At a well attended “Southern Tea and Fashion Show” on Thursday, leadership givers to United Way  of Roanoke Valley (and those interested in becoming...