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Sen. Warner Breaks His 2-Term Promise, Files To Run For 4th Term

Sen. Mark Warner (D), one of Virginia's two U.S. senators, announced on March 16 that he is running for a fourth, six-year term. Warner, who was born in Indianapolis and was the first in his...

FBI Investigating Deadly Shooting In Old Dominion University ROTC Classroom As Potential Act Of Islamist Terrorism

On March 12, a gunman opened fire inside a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) classroom at Old...

VA Tech Researchers Propose New Way to Measure Substance Use Recovery

Nearly 50 million people in the United States struggle with substance use disorders, and nearly...

VA Tech Study Finds DNA Test May Predict Leukemia Relapse Risk

Cancer researchers are making strides in efforts to use genetic profiling to develop a more...

Fairfax Ignored Police’s THREE WARNINGS Before Illegal Alien Murdered Stephanie Minter

The Virginia firestorm surrounding how illegal alien Abdul Jalloh could freely knife to death Fredericksburg woman...

The Roanoke Star Wishes You a Happy 4th of July

July 4, 2022, marks the 246th birthday of the United States. When the founders met and debated in the building we now know as...

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...