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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 a Fairfax County bus stop with multiple knife wounds to the upper body. Minter...

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...

Carilion Clinic Foundation Establishes Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine

In partnership with Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Southwest Virginia, the Carilion Clinic Foundation has...

Stuck in the Mud

The 15th annual Marine 5K Mud Run was held last Saturday at Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park. The event was attended by over 2000...

Rescue Mission Thrift Store Prepares for Grand Re-Opening

Hard work over the weekend at the Rescue Mission Thrift Store has resulted in a very strong start for their planned renovations. By Monday...

Virginia to Restore Elk; Buchanan County First to Receive

The board of directors of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has voted to restore a wild elk herd in part of...

Big Draw for Olde Salem

Thousands attended the 30th Annual Olde Salem Days this past Saturday, despite the less than perfect weather. Tents spanned a quarter of a mile...

Winston Looks To Make Appointment Permanent

Recent Roanoke County Sheriff appointee Mike Winston is looking to make a place he has called “home” for almost 40 years stay that that...

Eat for Education Surpasses Estimate

In April Roanoke City’s director of finance Ann Shawver thought it “prudent to be conservative” in projecting sales tax revenue for fiscal year 2011....