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Roanoke Co. Hosts Public Hearing About Real Estate Tax Rate Tue. April 7

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors will host a public hearing for citizen comments on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:00 concerning 2026 real estate and personal property tax rates in Roanoke...

Carilion Expands Role in Biotechnology Innovation

Carilion Clinic today announced the launch of Usability Works at Carilion Clinic, a new usability engineering...

Statistics Prove: “Yes” Vote Is Pushing The Most Gerrymandered Map In USA

With the final day of voting, April 21, approaching, more Virginians are paying attention to...

Roanoke Animal Cancer Care and Research Center Helps Cat Reach Remission

Cynthia Sutton drives 3 ½ hours every three weeks from Big Stone Gap to Roanoke...

RCPS and Carilion Clinic Announce Long-Term Partnership

Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) and Carilion Clinic are proud to announce a long-term partnership...

Lewis-Gale Breaks Ground on Imaging Center

Daleville Town Center, located  off US 220, was the site of a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Lewis-Gale Imaging Center on Tuesday. A new...

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Delivers Again

One of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the Southeast, perhaps the second biggest according to Event Zone’s Larry Landolt in the...

Local School Systems Display Solidarity

Members of three local school boards and administrators stood shoulder to shoulder last week, announcing a joint resolution that called for state and...

Spring Wins In The End . . .

Spring comes with agonizing slowness in the mountains of Virginia. (My mother in Alabama says the jonquils are in full bloom there already.)...

Roanokers to Pack Over 280,000 Meals for Haiti

The idea took root in one small Episcopal church, right after the earthquakes that shattered Haiti. In a short time, the project grew,...

County Wind Power Debate Begins

At a community meeting on Bent Mountain last week and before the ICLEI “green” committee on Monday, Don Giecek made the case for wind...