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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...

Roanoker Makes a Better Way of Life

Amy Jo Wheeler has come back to her roots.  It is a decision that she never expected to make.  After spending years away...

Robin’s Eggs and Graduation

For weeks I have been watching a mamma Robin diligently tend her nest in the climbing rose bush outside my back door.  While...

Option for Market Vendors Emerges

The doors will slam shut to the public on September 6, and it won’t be for “fall cleaning.” It’s the last day Roanokers...

Local Colors Participants Collecting Supplies for Haiti

Every summer Gary Hunt talks 20-25 people into taking a trip to Belize, asking them to carry on a plane the maximum amount...

SW County Schools Will Do the Shuffle

The Roanoke County School Board approved a plan recently that will shuffle students around over the next few years in southwest Roanoke County...

Raiders Win 2010 State Lacrosse Championship

The North Cross School Varsity Lacrosse Team won the Division III VISAA (Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association) State title after defeating Wakefield School,...