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While Del. Rasoul Condemns ICE, Illegal Alien Stabs Fredericksburg Woman To Death At Fairfax Bus Stop

On Monday, February 23, Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, was found stabbed to death at a Fairfax County bus stop with multiple knife wounds to the upper body. Minter...

Catawba Sustainability Center Expands Applied Research in Roanoke County

When Matthew Wagner walks the fields of the Catawba Sustainability Center, he’s thinking about more...

VA Tech Study Identifies Key Exercise Enzyme That Could Inform Diabetes Treatment

Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and...

Roanoke City Public Schools Receives $450K State Grant to Build First Solar-Powered Microgrid at any K-12 School in Virginia

Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) has been awarded a grant from the Virginia Department of...

Carilion Clinic Foundation Establishes Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine

In partnership with Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Southwest Virginia, the Carilion Clinic Foundation has...

VA Tech experts highlight science-driven approaches to addiction

National Recovery Month, which began in 1989 and is observed in September, raises awareness of evidence-based approaches to treating addiction. Scientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin...

VA Tech researchers Pinpoint Signal Unique to Parkinson’s

Researchers have identified a neurochemical signature that sets Parkinson’s disease apart from essential tremor — two of the most common movement disorders, but each...

Farm Credit of the Virginias Announces Appointment of Pete Cypret as CEO

Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV), a lending cooperative that serves Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland, is excited to announce that Pete Cypret...

AG Miyares Visits Salem, Excoriates Roanoke College For “Utter Travesty” Against Women Swimmers

At 10:30 on August 25, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares held a press conference at the Salem library to reveal his office’s investigation into...

Students Showcase Research at Fralin Institute Symposium

This summer, Lilyanne Rascher experienced a rare kind of freedom for an undergraduate student. A junior at Purdue University, Rascher spent the summer in Roanoke...

VA Tech researchers tackle construction industry challenges with support of new pilot funding

A group of Virginia Tech researchers just got a boost toward bulldozing the construction industry’s biggest challenges. The Coalition for Smart Construction recently announced the...