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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...

Advance Auto Parts Celebrates 90th Anniversary With EMS Partnership Announcement

Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP), a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, is celebrating its 90th year in business. As part of its commemoration of...

Progress Being Made / Opinions Garnered For East Roanoke River Greenway Gap

Community Meeting A community meeting was held on June 30, 2022, at the Explore Park Visitor Center to review and discuss preliminary greenway alignments for...

Virginia Tech Joins Consortium of Universities In Washington Metropolitan Area

Virginia Tech has become an affiliate member of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, an organization founded to foster collaboration for higher...

‘Hokienauts’ on Special Mission to Advance Space Exploration

Virginia Tech's "Hokienauts" have touched back down from their on-site test week at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, where they had the opportunity to...

Youngkin Announces Receipt of $22.7 Million to Reclaim Abandoned Mine Properties

Increased funding is projected to create significant job increases for displaced coal workers Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced the Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy)...

FAA Approves VA Tech Drones To Be Flown Beyond Visual Line of Sight

VT drone that can avoid obstacles helped win a sweeping new approval for aerial inspections of power facilities Since the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership was designated by the...