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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 the leading preventable cause of death, disease and disability. And yet, nearly 15 percent of...

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...

New Study Shows How Neurons Organize Genetic Messages

Scientists found that messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that carry genetic instructions to the far reaches...

Boucher And Griffith Meet in Debate

On Thursday evening 28-year Democratic incumbent Congressman Rick Boucher and Virginia Republican Delegate Morgan Griffith met for the first time. The 9th congressional district...

Moore Declares Independent Candidacy

Cave Spring supervisor Charlotte Moore, elected as a Democrat in an upset three years ago, is set to declare that her race for a...

Roanoke City Sheriff’s Office Wins Awards

Sheriff’s Office Wins 1st Place HEAT WAVE Award Sheriff Octavia Johnson and the Roanoke City Sheriff’s Office were presented with the 2010 First...

New Wasena Bridge and Park Dedicated

For months, construction and landscaping equipment has been chugging along across the river at the west end of Wasena Park in Southwest Roanoke. Countless...

Patrick Henry Wins District But Falls to Cave Spring

Patrick Henry completed a perfect 8-0 season in the Western Valley District with a 3-0 sweep of GW Danville Tuesday night. On Monday, PH squared...

Park Dedication Fulfills Plea Agreement

Less than two years after pleading guilty to a violation of the Clean Water Act, Novozymes Biological Inc. – a subsidiary of Denmark-based...