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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...

Biomedical Innovations Take Stage During ‘Shark Tank’ Style Pitch Competition

Virginia Tech students finished the semester vigorously while presenting their ideas for new biomedical innovations to a "Shark Tank"-style panel of judges during the...

VA General Assembly Opened Today

The General Assembly, the oldest democratically-elected legislative body in the New World, opened on January 11 in Richmond. The eventful day kicked off at...

Taking the Waters: The Restoration of The Warm Springs Pools

After years of sustained advocacy efforts at the grassroots and state level, the historic Warm Springs Pools, also known as the Jefferson Pools, reopened...

Western VA Congressmen Vote To Defund 87,000 New IRS Agents

As reported here, the 118th Congress began with an historic start January 3 when they reopened the Capitol for the first time since the...

Million Dollar Grant to Fralin Biomedical Institute Provides Advanced Microscope to Tackle Research Challenges

Researchers enjoyed an early gift in December when the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC took delivery of a microscope that can enhance data...

Blacksburg, Charlottesville Among The “Most Stressed-Out” College Towns

College student stress levels are on the rise, thanks to financial worries, time spent on digital devices, social and academic pressures, job planning, and...