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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...

Non-profits Send Kids on a Reading Adventure

Eighty percent of students engaged with Roanoke’s West End Center graduate high school, despite being economically disadvantaged and at greater risk of academic...

City Market Saturdays: One More Reason To Come Downtown

There doesn’t seem to be a shortage of reasons to visit downtown Roanoke these days, but that hasn’t stopped a local organization from...

Fox Radio 910: Christian Radio Switches To Conservative Talk Format

Ben Peyton has long been acquainted with Christian broadcasting.  His father, Harry Peyton, a minister, began airing religious programs in 1937 and later...

Goodlatte Proposes Solution To Stalin Bust Controversy

Congressman Bob Goodlatte has called on the D-Day Memorial Foundation to remove the controversial bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin which was recently...

Mill Mountain Hill Climb Proves More Than “Sufferfest”

Race “Day One” of the ID3 3-day cycling stages proved to be anything but a walk in the park Saturday. The strenuous 1.87...

Commonwealth Games Return to Roanoke Valley

With several events already completed, and this weekend’s high school baseball showcase at Kiwanis Field, the Coventry Commonwealth Games are indeed underway. Between...