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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...

Roanoke Legislators Asked To Explain Why Virginians Are Now Forced To Follow California Regulations

As reported here, in late August California voted to ban the sale of all new gas or diesel powered cars and trucks in the...

AG Miyares Joins Bipartisan Joint Letter With 37 States Urging Congress to Help Protect Airline Consumers

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) today sent a bipartisan joint letter with the attorneys general of 37 states to Congressional leaders urging them...

Roanoke County Launches McAfee Knob Trailhead Shuttle Service

Roanoke County held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday to launch its newMcAfee Knob Trailhead Shuttle Service. Speakers included Martha B. Hooker, Roanoke County Board...

VA Nurse Practitioner Sues CVS For Violating Her 1st Amendment Rights

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys representing a Virginia nurse practitioner filed suit Wednesday in state court against MinuteClinic, a division of the CVS drugstore chain,...

Virginians Feel Somewhat Better; Supreme Court Favorability Declines; Abortion, Ukraine and More    

The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College interviewed 640 adult residents of Virginia between Aug. 7 and Aug. 16 in...

Virginia Tech Sweeps Top Three Places at NASA Aeronautics University Design Challenge

For wilderness areas and communities battling devastating wildfires, first responders need to move swiftly and have the most efficient tools at their disposal. Aviation plays...