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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...

The Perfect Fall Excursion

The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will offer two round trip excursions by train between Roanoke and Danville (Nov. 6) and...

Roanoke City Announces New Chief of Police

Roanoke City Manager Chris Morrill announced on Wednesday that Christopher C. Perkins has been selected as Police Chief for the City of Roanoke. This...

Jefferson College Celebrates Past, Looks To The Future

Jefferson College of Health Sciences recently held a reunion for alumni that have graduated from the downtown school with degrees in nursing or allied...

Grandin Court Gets a New Gym – In Less Time And For Half The Price

Grandin Court Elementary School needed a gym, especially after absorbing students from now-closed Raleigh Court Elementary School earlier this year. In the past the...

Cave Spring Comeback Shocks Hidden Valley

Cave Spring, down 2-0 to previously unbeaten Hidden Valley, rallied for three straight games to knock off the Titans Tuesday night at the Hidden...

Writer To Discuss “Haunts” Of The Blue Ridge

Author and newspaper journalist Joe Tennis admits that he’s a bit less of a skeptic about ghosts and apparitions since an incident in Patrick...