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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...

Goodlatte Calls For Investigation

Congressman Bob Goodlatte has called on the Inspector General of the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Comptroller General of the United States,...

Virginia Pilots Organization Registers Concerns over Poor Mountain Wind Farm

The largest pilots organization in Western Virginia, the IFR Pilots' Club, has registered concerns with the FAA over the proposal to place windmills...

Vintage Summer Days

Local antique collectors and produce vendors alike set up shop last Saturday at the Vinton Vintage Farmers Market. From hand carved folk art to...

Good Times Down By The River

The blazing hot weather all day didn’t seem to deter several thousand music lovers last Sunday as they congregated at the former Victory Stadium...

Tech Students Build Autonomous Vehicles to be Used by Marine Corps

Four autonomous vehicles designed and built by a team of engineering students at Virginia Tech using the TORC Robotic Building Blocks product line, are...

DRI President Finds New Position to be “Good Fit”

Before coming to Roanoke to assume his duties as president and CEO of Downtown Roanoke, Inc. (DRI) last fall, Sean C. Luther had been...