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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...

Governor Youngkin Releases Human Trafficking Prevention Report

The Department of Criminal Justice Services Sex Trafficking Response Coordinator’s Annual Report Also Released During Human Trafficking Month, Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that the...

Roanoke Region Receives Green Light for Up To $1 Million in Funding for 26-Mile Scenic Rail Trail

Virginia’s biennium budget was finalized this past June, and with it comes funding for trails. A new rail trail running through Botetourt and Craig...

VA Tech Physics Experts: Can We Really Be “Everything Everywhere All at Once?”

Moviegoers have never seen anything quite like “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the frenetic and quirky independent film that leads the 2023 Oscar race...

“Abused Its Power”- Attorney General’s Report Condemns Rogue Parole Board That Mayor Lea Sat On

During March and April 2020, while Southwest Virginia like most of the rest of the world was reeling in shock from a new virus...

Miyares Joins Lawsuit Against Allowing Asset Managers to Direct Money to “ESG” Investments 

Attorney General Jason Miyares filed a lawsuit alongside 24 other state attorneys general challenging a Department of Labor rule which would affect the retirement...

Roanoke County GOP Introduces 2023 Candidate Slate

Republican candidates for Roanoke County offices will publicly launch their campaigns on Saturday, January 28 at noon on the steps of the Roanoke County...