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VA Tech Earns National Recognition for Community Engagement

Virginia Tech has been awarded the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, a national recognition highlighting the university’s sustained, institutionwide commitment to building trusted, reciprocal partnerships that address...

Roanoke Valley Greenway Coordinator Finds New Home at Regional Commission

The Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission and the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission are pleased to announce that...

Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Selects New Chair

During their organizational meeting yesterday, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors selected Tammy E. Shepherd...

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...

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 Resolution Designates International Dark Sky Week in April

Virginia Lawmakers unanimously supported a resolution that encouraged Virginians to “ponder the cosmic eons beyond” and consider the impact of increased light pollution. Del. David...

McAfee Knob Trailhead Shuttle Service Expands Into City of Salem

Shuttle service resumes March 1 through December 1 Roanoke County and the City of Salem today held a ribbon cutting ceremony to announce the expansion...

Bill Advances to Remove Suicide as Common Law Crime

Mental health advocates and families who have lost loved ones are hopeful state lawmakers will abolish the common law crime of suicide. Suicide is currently...

Roanoke Woman With Rare Disease Went Undiagnosed for Nearly Seven Decades

Susan Wallace lived nearly all of her 69 years not knowing why she was different from most people she met. Her odd constellation of...

Rare Disease Day Brings Worldwide Attention to More Than 7,000 Diseases

On Feb. 29, the Wells Fargo Tower and Berglund Center in downtown Roanoke will be illuminated with a show of pink, green, purple, and...

Professor Collaborates With Largest Known Study of Dog Health To Increase K-9 Life Spans

Audrey Ruple's dream is to help dogs live to be 30 someday. But the relatively short life spans of dogs that grieve their owners...