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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 (VDOT) can help you avoid the traffic disruptions. VDOT is bringing the holiday cheer...

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...

Youngkins Donate Salary to Benefit Fort Lee’s Holiday Helper Toy Store

Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin visited Fort Lee’s Holiday Helper Toy...

United Way’s Impact Fund Invests Nearly Three Million In Roanoke Valley

If they were paid for this work, it would be worth tens of thousands of dollars, but instead they do it for free...

Virginia Tech “Lumenhaus” Wins International Solar House Competition

Virginia Tech’s entry in Solar Decathlon Europe has won the 10-day competition in Madrid, Spain. After being inspected in different categories each day, the...

Talented Riders Converge

Riders from all over Virginia competed this past Monday during “Local Day” at the Roanoke Valley Horse Show, going on all week, at...

William Fleming Principal Named

Two days after felony charges were dropped against Gene T. Jones, Jr. on June 14 in Norfolk General District Court, Roanoke City School...

Key Parcel Excluded From Mill Mt. Easement

Outgoing council member Gwen Mason heard three options for protecting Mill Mountain from development: no easement, a 537 acre easement and a 535...

Kirk Family YMCA Breaks Ground For New Expansion

YMCA and community leaders gathered this past Wednesday to celebrate plans to begin the expansion of the Kirk Family YMCA, located in downtown...