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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...

Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation Allowing Localities to Lower Car Tax Rates

Governor Glenn Youngkin has signed into law HB1239 sponsored by Delegate Phillip A. Scott, empowering localities to cut car tax rates and prevent huge...

Changing of the Guard for Mill Mountain Zoo’s Red Pandas

Mill Mountain Zoo’s beloved Red panda, Nova, has retired. Nova, now nearly 16, came to the Zoo in March 2007 from the Potowatomi Zoo...

VA Dems, GOP At Odds Over New Budget

Virginia's headline-grabbing elections last fall put Republicans back in the top three statewide offices for the first time in about a decade and a...

Carilion’s Crystal Spring Tower Construction Begins Vertical Construction

A second tower crane was erected mid-March at the Crystal Spring construction site near Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, signaling the beginning of vertical construction. The...

Boat Barrier Breaks at Smith Mountain Lake Dam

Appalachian Power is warning boaters to avoid the intake side of Smith Mountain Dam. Last night’s high winds and waves broke the floating boat...

For Bud: Robertson Memorial Endowment Lays Foundation for Generations of Civil War Education

Atop the Delta Queen, James I. “Bud” Robertson Jr. and Jack Davis watched tourists amble up the ramp and climb aboard. The famous steamboat cruised...