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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 Designation of State Pony Long Overdue, Says Chincoteague Mayor

A pony has been the Chincoteague High School mascot as long as anyone can remember, but now it is headed for a bigger arena...

Senate Dems Kill Attempts To Free Virginia From California Car Regulations

Virginia lawmakers this week shot down the last bill of seven introduced to reverse the adopted California standard on electric vehicles Tuesday afternoon. Del. Tony...

Sen. John Edwards Kills Bills That Would Have Protected Children From Sex Trafficking, Gender Mutilation, Pornography

As reported here, the horrific ordeal of an Appomattox High School student, Sage, led to a bill known as "Sage's Law" in this year's...

Fralin Bio VTC Professor Named Senior Member of The National Academy of Inventors

Robert Gourdie has never gone to work wondering what he was going to invent next. Yet, the inventions keep coming. A professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute...

This Weekend… Let George Washington Check Your Tires

As we head into President’s Day weekend, and with spring showers ahead, now is the time to let George Washington check your tires to...

Formerly “Out of Control” Student Flips The Script

Quanesha Moyer arrived at her first foster home when she was five years old. She was nonverbal. Or so they thought. Quanesha knew she...