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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...

Lowe’s To Bring $11 Million Distribution Project to Roanoke County

Lowe’s Expected to Bring 70 Jobs and Support Economic Development in the Roanoke Valley Roanoke-based Cherney Development has announced the completion of an $11 million development...

House Education Bill Aims To Address Teacher Shortage

The Senate will consider a bill that could extend the amount of time it takes for public school teachers to receive long-term contracts. Del. Lee...

Sen. Edwards Votes To Keep “Pornography” In Schools, Parents In The Dark

Last September when then-candidate Terry McAuliffe uttered his now-famous line, "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach," in one...

Governors Youngkin and Justice Seek Relief For Rural Hospitals

Warning of hospitals and other health providers facing “an urgent staffing crisis,” the Republican governors of Virginia and West Virginia on Monday asked the...

Lawmaker Wants to Add COVID Vaccine Requirement to List of Workplace Discrimination Protections

A proposed law seeks to prohibit public employers, schools and numerous other government organizations in Virginia from requiring individuals to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine. The...

Ground Broken on New Hall at Virginia Tech

On a day of gray skies an extraordinarily bright moment took place for Virginia Tech as leaders and donors broke ground on Hitt Hall,...