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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...

Habitat for Humanity Awarded $2.6 Million for “Partners In Prosperity”

Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley has been awarded $2.6 million throughthe City of Roanoke’s American Rescue Plan Act funding to build 18...

VA Tech Engineered Drones To Soar Through Factory Airspace

The sky’s the limit for a team of recent Virginia Tech engineering graduates who took drones to the next level. Christopher Graveline '22 and his dynamic...

Blue Ridge Parkway Tourism Creates $1.3 Billion in Economic Benefits 

Report shows visitor spending supports 17.9 thousand jobs in local economies along the Parkway  A new National Park Service report shows that in 2021, 15.9...

Roanoke College and Carilion Clinic Partner to Serve Growing Health Care Sector

Roanoke College and Carilion Clinic have announced a new partnership to advance educational opportunities and workforce development for Roanoke College students and Carilion employees....

VA Parents Appeal Case Challenging Schools’ Racially Divisive Indoctrination of Students

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a diverse group of parents and their children in a lawsuit against the Albemarle County School Board appealed to the...

From Roanoke to Denmark, 2024 Precision Neuroscience Conference Brings Together Top Scientist

Researchers, clinicians, and students from four countries recently worked side-by-side for three days in Roanoke, sharing ideas to help the nearly 1 billion people...