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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...

Virginia Tech and Carilion Show Off New Research Institute

Virginia Tech and Carilion showed off the impressive new VT Research Institute last week during a media tour, ahead of the building’s planned opening...

Relay For Life Meets And Exceeds Goals

Roanoke Relay for Life co-chair Dana Reagan says the local American Cancer Society chapter has already netted more than the $360,000 it had set...

All New 2011 V8-Powered Porsche Cayennes Arrive in Roanoke

Porsche of Roanoke has announced that the highly anticipated, all-new 2011 Porsche Cayenne is arriving and will go on sale officially this month. The...

Bestpitch Says a Thousand Times “No” On Consent Agenda

At the first Roanoke City Council meeting on July 6 new council member Bill Bestpitch came onboard ready to take on the transparency challenge....

Roanoke City Attempts to Dodge Risk of Further Bond Downgrade

There is a dark cloud of debt hanging over Roanoke City. In a communication from Roanoke City’s financial adviser, Public Financial Management, Inc. warned...

2010 Bike Hero and Extraordinary Bike Professional Award Winners Announced

The Regional Bicycle Advisory Committee, organized by the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission, has announced the winners of its 2nd Annual Bike Hero and Extraordinary...