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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...

“Local Roots” Moves to New Expanded Location

Once in a while future dreams become today’s reality.  Joshua Smith, Executive Chef of Local Roots, a farm to table restaurant, will be living...

$100,000 Grant Awarded to “Smart Beginnings Greater Roanoke”

Smart Beginnings Greater Roanoke, a local collaborative working to improve the quality of early education and care in the Roanoke area, has received...

Google Awards Full Scholarships to Haitian Students at VA Tech

Google, the Web search engine company, has provided funds to fully support four Virginia Tech students from Haiti to pursue graduate degrees in computer...

McAuliffe Talks About Region’s Future With Local Leaders

The last time Virginia businessman and fundraiser extraordinaire Terry McAuliffe came to Roanoke, he was accompanied by former President Bill Clinton. Clinton was speaking...

First Institutional Chaplain Considers Life Of Service

More than 40 years separate the telephone interview I had with the Rev. Burton Newman and the one in person a few weeks...

Big Pitch for Roanoke Valley

The 2010 Coventry Commonwealth Games came to Roanoke beginning with an opening ceremony last Friday night hosted by Olympic Medalist Speed Skater J.R. Celski....