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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...

VA Tech Researchers Develop Interactive Tool To Advance Automated Driving Systems

A team of researchers from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s (VTTI) Division of Data and Analytics has developed an open-access interactive tool that seeks to enhance the capabilities...

VDOT Invites Citizens to Provide Input on Project Pipeline Studies

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in partnership with the City of Roanoke, Roanoke County and Botetourt County invites residents and travelers to provide...

Attorney General Miyares Joins Nationwide Investigation Into Tiktok

Attorneys General Concerned for Safety and Well-Being of Children Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its impact on physical and...

Nonprofit Begins Sixth Restoration Effort of Historic Roanoke Home

Restoration Housing will host a “Restoration Kick-Off” to celebrate the commencement ofconstruction on their third project in the historic neighborhood of Belmont. The 2700...

Senate Shuts Down Bill to Require ‘Informed Written Consent’ for Abortion

State legislators did not advance a Virginia House bill that advocates said would have provided more information to women seeking an abortion and which...

Living Organ Donors Help Spearhead Legislative Protection 

Kat Velkoff was in college when she made a decision that would save a life nearly a decade later. “I found out that you could...