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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...

Youngkin Signs Bipartisan Legislation To Expand Health Care Coverage Options For Small Businesses

Governor Glenn Youngkin hasy signed HB 884, sponsored by Delegate Kathy Byron, R-Bedford, and SB 195, sponsored by Senator Montgomery “Monty” Mason, D-Williamsburg, which...

Roanoke College Poll: Youngkin Approval Up, Biden Approval Down

Virginia’s Thoughts on Russia / Ukraine, Abortion, and More   Approvals, Favorable/Unfavorable, Direction of Virginia, Country  Nearly five months into his term as governor of Virginia, Glenn...

Roanoke College Launching Competitive Cycling Program

New cycling program takes advantage of Virginia’s Blue Ridge’s booming cycling culture. Roanoke College has announced that it will launch a competitive cycling program for...

Live Music Sessions to Begin on Blue Ridge Parkway 

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation and Blue Ridge Music Center are launching free Milepost Music  presentations on rotating Sunday afternoons at popular destinations along...

VA Tech Athletes / Students Push The Science of Sport

Rachel Baxter uses many of the usual tools of athleticism when she gets ready for a pole vaulting competition: track shoes, spandex shorts, and...

Appalachian Power Issues Warning About Water Levels Downstream of Claytor / Leesville Dams

Appalachian Power wants boaters, kayakers, tubers, and other recreational users downstream of Claytor and Leesville dams to know water levels on the New and...