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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...

Story of Hooker Furniture Closure To Be Told

“With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory,” will premier at 5 p.m. on Nov. 21. Focusing on the last weeks and...

Veterans Day Parade a Blast From The Past

Roanoke’s first Veterans Day parade in more than seven decades started with an e-mail from a city employee suggesting such an event last year....

Habeeb Will Try To Fill Griffith’s Shoes

Greg Habeeb, a 34-year-old attorney and partner at Gentry Locke Rakes and Moore said that he was getting calls asking him to run for...

Unfortunate Accident Gives Roanoker New Passion

Like many parents, Katherine Wilson had spent many nights lying awake, worrying about her grown child’s whereabouts and safety – afraid that something terrible...

Prevention Council Garners National Recognition

The Roanoke County Prevention Council is poised to announce a major national award to be received from CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America). The...

Cosby Leaves Roanokers Rolling in the Aisles

In a bygone era entertainers had to depend on good writing, good subject matter, and their own talent to entertain an audience and get...