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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...

Roanoke Fire-EMS Receives Pet Oxygen Masks

Roanoke Fire-EMS has teamed up with Invisible Fence Brand’s Project Breathe Initiative.  This project supplies local fire departments with pet oxygen masks, specially designed...

Tech Plans For Strategic Growth

At their regularly scheduled meeting this month, Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors approved a resolution that would authorize the university to create a new...

Kiwanis Club Dedicates Greenway Project

The Kiwanis Club of Roanoke dedicated its environmental education project on the Roanoke River Greenway with a celebration last Saturday, one that included the...

Doctor’s Remarkable Recovery Continues

Many years ago, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bertram Spetzler who practiced at Lewis-Gale, hosted two physician colleagues from Germany, who enjoyed touring the “Easy Street”...

Blue Ridge Parkway Send Off Ceremony Kicks Off 75th Anniversary Celebration

The acorns almost stole the show – yes acorns – on the Mill Mountain lower overlook on Wednesday as Roanoke area dignitaries gathered for...

Bike Polo – Roanoke’s Urban Sport of The Future?

Okay, here’s the premise behind bike polo: like the version played on horseback, teams of cyclists, armed with mallets, try to push a ball...