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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...

Met Opera Star Brings Roanoke Crowd to Their Feet

Fans of opera and classical music enjoyed a rare appearance at the Jefferson Center on Sunday, Nov 7th, by well known Metropolitan opera star...

“Cool Congregations” Hope to Keep Churches Warm for Less

Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition has been around since 2006 -- educating and raising awareness of ways our area can curb global warming “by...

Riverside Center Celebrates First Year in Service

Now a year old, Carilon’s Riverside Center celebrated its anniversary with "Another Cup of Jazz" last Saturday, an open house that showed off the...

Be a REAL Friend to the Blue Ridge Parkway

Everyone in Virginia who loves and appreciates what has been called "America's Favorite Scenic Drive," the Blue Ridge Parkway, has a landmark opportunity to...

Roanoke’s Remarkable Canvas

Rick Stevens of Roanoke, works steadily on his canvas to reproduce the full spectrum of brilliant colors that have blanketed the valley recently. The...

Republicans Roll in State: Winston Wins Sheriff Race

Luckily from Mike Winston’s viewpoint the newly reelected sheriff from Roanoke County wasn’t overtaken by the anti-Democrat sentiment that sweept southwest Virginia and the...