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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...

Fire Station 5 Opening Draws Sizeable Crowd

Despite the sweltering heat and humidity, members of the community came out in droves to celebrate the grand opening of Roanoke’s new Fire-EMS...

Farmer Takes Initiative – Bails Hay From Golf Course

Linwood Caldwell, 75, has been mowing around Countryside Golf Course for 55 years. Caldwell began mowing the 12th fairway Monday, planning to bail...

Teamwork Saves Roanoker’s Life

A Roanoke family found out in May just how well the coordinated efforts of public safety units and Carilion Clinic can work when...

“Eat for Education” Campaign Begins

A campaign dubbed “Eat for Education,” was launched Wednesday in front of the Texas Tavern. The two-percent meal’s tax starts July 1 and...

Tiger Mosquitoes Wreak Havoc Half a World Away from Native Land

One Roanoke family has reason to wonder if they live in southwest Virginia—or Southeast Asia. No, they aren't geographically challenged. But they are overrun...

Sonnie Johnson to Appear at July 4th Tea Party Celebration

Sonnie Johnson is a 29 year old woman who has had enough of governmental interference.  Don’t call her African-American, call her black --...