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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...

VA Families, Teachers Fight For Parents’ Right To Direct Upbringing, Education of Children

Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of the ADF Center for Parental Rights, offered the following statement regarding a brief that ADF...

UVA Scientists: Tiny Gut Organisms Could Improve Everything From Sleep to Chemotherapy

A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine about how the microbes in our guts regulate the body’s biological clock could help...

Ridership on Amtrak’s Virginia Routes Hits All-Time High

State-supported trains see nearly 30 percent increase  The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) and Amtrak have announced that ridership on its state-supported trains hit an...

Attorney General Miyares Joins Coalition of States Supporting Religious Exemptions For Navy SEALs 

Attorney General Miyares  has joined  21 other states attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the religious liberty of Navy SEALs seeking religious...

South Roanoke Neighborhood Association Holds City Council Candidate Forum

Neighbors in South Roanoke, the neighborhood organization, hosted a city council candidate forum on Tuesday, August 23, at South Roanoke United Methodist Church.  The...

Gov. Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Sears Pledge To Fight What They Call “Ridiculous” Ban On Gas-Powered Cars

On August 25, as reported by CNN, California air regulators voted to ban the sale of all new gas and diesel-powered cars and trucks...