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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 “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...

Serving “His Children” In Uganda

Most twenty-year-olds are still exploring to find their place in the world. Renee Bach has found her place, 8000 miles from Many Blessings...