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Cancer Prevention: Can Future-Focused Thinking Help Smokers Quit?

As the warning label on every pack of cigarettes tells us, smoking is harmful. It’s the leading preventable cause of death, disease and disability. And yet, nearly 15 percent of...

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...

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...

Hollins University Welcomes Fulbright Scholar Anuradha Marwah for Fall 2025 Residency

Hollins University is pleased to announce that Anuradha Marwah has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence for the Fall 2025 semester. Marwah, an accomplished...

Rasoul’s Antisemitic Remarks Roil Roanoke, Become Statewide Issue

Roanoke is seldom a vortex in state politics, but controversial comments this summer from Del. Salam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), who goes by the anglicized nickname...

Youngkin Declares Commonwealth “Day of Play”

Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared August 9th, 2025, as Commonwealth Day of Play, a statewide celebration designed to connect children, families, and communities through...

VA Tech Leads $2M Red Spruce Forest Revival

Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment will lead a $2 million project to restore red spruce forests across the Central Appalachian Highlands. The work...

Toxic well water will affect household pets first, VA Tech study finds

Dogs drink water wherever they happen to find it — a puddle, a pond, a toilet. But the stuff in their actual water bowls...

Arden Grim Returns to Roanoke Clinic That Helped Transform Her Life

If little Arden Grim wanted to see the fuzzy red guy from Sesame Street, she had to eat her breakfast. Elmo was at the bottom...