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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...

City Shores Up Reserve Funds

Thursday morning Roanoke City council heard recommendations for changes to Roanoke’s reserve and debt policy. The Director of Finance, Ann Shawver presented policy changes...

Mother Named “Angel In Adoption”

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a member of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, has named Zina Hardin of Roanoke to represent Virginia’s Sixth District at...

City Won’t Be Asking Paper Or Plastic For Leaf Removal

Lowe’s on Rutgers Street has plenty of paper bags, with more on the way. They were a little difficult to find tucked in the...

City Meals Tax Continues to Decline

A conservative estimate has turned out to be the prudent option taken by Roanoke City Director of Finance, Ann Shawver. In April Shawver...

Who Will Replace Dickie Cranwell?

After the announcement that C. Richard Dickie Cranwell is stepping down as Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia speculation on his replacement immediately...

Fish Fry A Chance To Bring Community Closer

The Melrose/Rugby Neighborhood Forum in Northwest Roanoke bills itself as “The Community That Cares.”  Every year the association, established in 1989, hosts a number...