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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...

Bicycle-Involved Crashes On The Rise in Virginia

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is reminding Virginians, both bicyclists and motorists, to look out for each other on the road.  So...

‘Get A Good Pair of Boots’: Students From Rural Appalachia Discuss Their Experiences as Hokies

In the fall of 2020, five students from rural Southwest Virginia transferred into Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment (CNRE) to study wildlife conservation. Encouraged...

Priddy Quick: New City Council Member Already Has Eyes On Bigger Prize

"Timing is everything" is an oft-quoted saying. The sudden timing of a new Roanoke City Council member, Luke Priddy (D), to seek higher office...

Virginia Sees Slowest April Housing Market in More Than A Decade 

But tight inventory conditions keep the market competitive and home prices high According to the April 2023 Virginia Home Sales Report released by Virginia REALTORS®, there...

Shoplifting Surge Forces Walmart To Lock Up Daily Items / City Leaders Ignore Issue

Roanoke for generations has been known as a charming city - "The Star City of the South" - with friendly people and safe streets....

STAR FEATURE: Debt Ceiling Decision Looms For Virginians / All Americans

31,400,000,000,000 . . . Thirty-one trillion four hundred billion is a difficult number to conceptualize. Fourteen digits are used to assemble the quantity, eleven zeros...