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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...

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...

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...