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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...

Commonwealth of Virginia Announces New “Sentinel Landscape” Designations

New Sentinel Landscapes enable military readiness and conservation collaboration Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced establishment of the Virginia Security Corridor partnership and award of two...

Harmful Algal Bloom Advisory Area Downsized for Portion of Smith Mountain Lake

Water sample results received on July 6 indicate the Lower Blackwater River now has acceptable levels of algae. The results were the second set...

Virginia Tech Study Reveals Reason Hellbenders Are Disappearing

The gigantic, slimy salamanders known as hellbenders, once the apex predators of many freshwater streams, have been in decline for decades, their population constantly...

LewisGale Medical Center Achieves Level II Trauma Care Designation

LewisGale Medical Center has announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health (VDH) State Health Commissioner has designated the hospital as a Level...

Remaining 1983 Plane Wreckage Removed From Blue Ridge Parkway

National Park Service contractors have removed the remaining wreckage of a Cessna 414A plane that crashed near Waterrock Knob in November 1983. The crash...

Opioid Abatement Authority Awards Roanoke Valley Over $750,000

The City of Roanoke has received a $252,867 as part of a total award of over $750,000 from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA)...