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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 working to improve education and well-being for local youth. "Youth education initiatives are a core...

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...

New Virginia Bird Atlas Opens Window Into Conservation

For more than a decade, hundreds of volunteers, scientists, and conservationists across Virginia have worked...

Faith Christian School Donates Over 2000 Hours of Service

Faith Christian School will kick off its 9th year serving the community of Roanoke with its annual service project and fundraiser, Project Faith,...

Republicans Hold Mass Meeting and Women’s Convention

On Thursday evening, the Roanoke County Administration Building was packed to capacity for the Roanoke County Republican Mass Meeting.  The meeting convened to...

Transplant Remembrance Ceremony

You may not know that April is “National Donate Life Month.”  In fact you may not know that the person next to you...

Land Trust / Grace Terry Preserve Poor Mountain Land

The Western Virginia Land Trust works with Roanoke County landowners who wish to preserve their land and keep it in a rural or...

Roanoke Poised for Marathon

The National College Blue Ridge Marathon, which makes its debut on April 24, has received applications from more than 750 people up to...

Schools Release Trout to Area Waters

During the past six months, students at 23 area schools have been raising brook trout in their classrooms as an essential teaching element...