back to top

News

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...

Stephanie Moon Reynolds Endorses “Vote4Roanoke” / Independents But Not Democrats

Even though Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, beginning in the 1930s-era New Deal with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and continuing until the present, black...

National Drug Take Back Day This Saturday October 29th

DEA National Drug Take Back Day will be held this Saturday, October 29, 2022. Per the Drug Enforcement Administration, “The Centers for Disease Control...

LewisGale Medical Center Breaks Ground on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Officials with LewisGale Medical Center held a groundbreaking ceremony today to celebrate construction on a new Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), also...

Youngkin Describes Learning Losses of 4th / 8th Grade Students as “Catastrophic”

Governor Glenn Youngkin described the learning losses of Virginia fourth- and eighth-grade students on this year's national reading and mathematics tests as catastrophic. Since 2017,...

Gun Safety, Gun Rights Advocates Disagree on Effectiveness of New Merchant Code

Gun rights advocates fear a new merchant code for firearm purchases is an unnecessary attack on their civil liberties, while gun safety advocates say...

Roanoke STEAM Day is Back and In Person

Roanoke Students are invited to celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) with area museums and organizations on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, from...