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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 Hazing Education Bill Passes on Third Remembrance of Freshman’s Death

Bills that will provide high schoolers with hazing prevention instruction have passed the General Assembly.  Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, introduced Senate Bill 379 to require...

Virginia / North Carolina Home to Busiest Amtrak Stations in The Southeast

More people are traveling by train with a record number passing through Virginia and North Carolina. The top five stations in the Southeast in...

Lawmakers Pursue Nine Marriage Related Measures In The State Known For Lovers 

Only a few bills out of the thousands introduced this General Assembly session tackle love. But Lawmakers resumed the long standing effort to codify same-sex...

Lawmakers Swat Down Bill to Increase THC Level in Industrial Hemp

Industrial hemp farmers were disappointed to see a measure killed in the House that would have increased the percentage of THC allowed in hemp...

Group Champions Collaboration in “The Invasive Alien Species Space”

Invasive alien species are all around us  . . . They come in the form of plants, animals, or microorganisms that are introduced, intentionally or...

Lawmakers Push Gun Ownership Prerequisite Bills to Next Session

A bill focused on prerequisites for a firearm purchase appeared dead for the session, but was advanced with a substitute that now updates concealed...