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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...

Farmers Have Access to Record Funding to Help Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

State and federal officials are concerned Virginia will not meet its 2025 overall commitment to reduce polluted runoff into the Chesapeake Bay; 90% of...

Changes Needed to Save Lives, Say Cyclist and Pedestrian Advocates

October is National Pedestrian Safety Awareness Month. September was Bicyclist and Pedestrian Awareness Month in Virginia. Fatal accidents and injuries involving road users increased...

Legacy of Leadership and Kindness Helps Ed Jones Cement Value of The Cooperative Extension

Ed Jones was sure that he’d be a researcher after he finished his Ph.D. in wildlife biology at Virginia Tech. He was studying tularemia,...

Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate Two New TRACK Trails in City of Roanoke Parks

For over a decade, the "Kids in Parks" program has connected kids and families to public lands nationwide through their principal initiative, TRACK Trails....

West Side Elementary Unveils New “Traffic Garden”

A new traffic garden was unveiled this morning at Westside Elementary School. The design was painted in August by a Turf Tank robot. This...

A Living Legend: 4-H Volunteer Honored With Induction Into National Hall of Fame

For her volunteer work spanning 64 years and counting, Sarah Gregory was recently inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame during celebrations in...