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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...

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...

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...