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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...

Sen. Edwards Votes For Abortions Of Unborn Babies Till Moment Of Birth

Sen. John Edwards (D-21, Roanoke/Montgomery/Giles) joined the other eight Democrats in the Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee to kill a bill that would...

Republican Backed Bill in VA House Seeks to Address ‘Cancel Culture’

A bill aiming to protect the right of government employees to oppose government policies advanced to the House floor this week. “The cancel culture has...

VA Tech Students Develop Soft Robots That Morph From Ground to Air Vehicle Using Liquid Metal

Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle...

VA Lawmakers Defeat Bills Making Transgender Student Policies Optional 

Virginia lawmakers blocked legislation that would allow school boards to opt out from policies and guidelines developed by the Virginia Department of Education to...

Bill Would Add Nelson and Appomattox Counties to James State Scenic River

The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that adds additional parts of the James River to a statewide conservation program. Del. C. Matthew...

Youngkin Says Adoption of Amendment SB739 Victory for Parents and Children Statewide

Governor Glenn Youngkin released the following statement after State Senator Chap Petersen’s Amendment to Senator Siobhan Dunnavant’s Senate Bill SB739 was adopted 29-9, creating...