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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...

Old World Meets New World at the 37th Blue Ridge Folklife Festival

With country cooks and crafters, wheat threshers and moonshiners, sheepherders and banjo frailers, the Ferrum College campus becomes a one-day showcase of western Virginia’s...

Floyd County Groups Win Grant for Childhood Obesity Specialist

The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has granted the Multi-Disciplinary (MD) Team of Floyd County $59,841 to fund the hiring of a childhood obesity...

Legislative Package Sets Priorities for Roanoke City

At last Monday’s council meeting Mayor David Bowers suggested that a separate resolution be included in the legislative package that would address the...

Market Building Transfers Out of City’s Hands

Market Building Partners LP, general partner of Market Building GP, LLC submitted the successful bid at the 2:00 p.m. city council meeting on...

Third Annual Shout It From The Mountaintop

In early October, breast cancer survivors and their families joined volunteers and Komen Board Members in front of the Mill Mountain Star to show...

American Cancer Society Encourages Women to Put Their Health First

As the nation marks the annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the American Cancer Society is encouraging women to choose to put their...