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VA Tech Launches Drone Defense Research Hub with $5M from Department of Defense

A new Virginia Tech effort will take aim at bolstering the nation’s defenses against uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones. A recent $5 million award from the U.S. Army...

Governor Youngkin Highlights Maternal Mental Health Efforts in Virginia

Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin joined the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority...

Home Prices Keep Climbing as Listings Surge in Virginia

Active listings across Virginia jumped 35.5% in April—the biggest year-over-year gain since 2019—yet closed sales...

Changes in the aging heart may lessen the risk of irregular heartbeats

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered that microscopic...

VA Tech Awarded $1M to Create Compassionate STEM Education Initiative

Virginia Tech researchers have received $1 million from the Educating Character Initiative, a grant through Wake...

Trip to Costa Rica Spurs Pastor to Write “Ruth Uncensored”

Back in 2007 Pastor Jeff Ell received a gift of sorts from his congregation at Grace Covenant Church Roanoke -- a 90 day...

Bestpitch Looks For Return to City Council

Now an electronics retail company manager, Bestpitch wants to see the city use outside consultants less, relying instead on the expertise and talent...

SunTrust Executive Barry Henderson Receives F. Wiley Hubbell Award

Barry Henderson was recognized for more than 25 years of service by receiving the F. Wiley Hubbell Award for outstanding volunteer service at...

Artist Creates a World of Labyrinths at Hollins Museum Exhibit

Eleanor D. Wilson Museum director Amy Moorefield is a big fan of site-specific work; that is, artwork created especially for the space it...

Goodlatte Works to Eliminate Controversial Visa Lottery

Washington, DC: Today Congressman Lamar Smith, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Vice-Ranking Member of the...

St. John Lutheran Church To Leave ELCA

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church members have voted to leave the ELCA, the church’s national organization, in favor of joining the LCMC, a...