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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...

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...

Stovall Named Roanoke County School Board Chairman

The Roanoke County School Board has elected Vinton District representative Mike Stovall as the school board chairman for 2010.  Stovall replaces outgoing two-time...

New Greenway Stage Dedicated

Roanoke Parks and Recreation held a frigid dedication on Tuesday for the new Hamilton Terrace section of the Roanoke River Greenway. The long...

Roanoke Environmental Activist Well-Traveled

Mark McClain’s passion for the planet grew out of spending time outside. “My interest in environmental matters really grew out of my outdoor things—the...

Market Building Renovations Forecast to Cost 7.6 Million

Architects for the Roanoke City Market renovation gave city council its first detailed look at the project earlier this week. Cunningham...

Virginia Tech Engineering Team to Build Battlefield Robots for 2010 Competition

The roving, walking robotic soldiers of the “Terminator” films are becoming less sci-fi, and more certain of a future every day. Now, a...