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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...

Virginia Western Community College Students to Connect With NASA Astronauts Onboard Space Station

February 10 event will include live Q&A via Earth-to-space question and answer session. Virginia Western Community College has been awarded an In-Flight Education Downlink from...

World-Renowned Budweiser Clydesdales To Appear in Roanoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Roanoke officials are hoping that the second time’s the charm in announcing the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales are scheduled to appear in the annual St....

Allegiant Air to Add Nashville Service at ROA

Allegiant Air has announced it will be adding new flights and a new destination from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA). The company will bring...

VT Drops Controversial Vax Mandate

In the face of gathering opposition and a changing political climate, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands announced today, on January 31, that he has...

Virginia Cooperative Extension’s History is ‘For Virginia’

To showcase Virginia Cooperative Extension’s rich history of advancing the well-being of all Virginians since 1914, an interactive timeline was created to help visualize the many contributions...

Parents Unite Against Discriminatory Public-school Policies in Virginia

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a religiously and ethnically diverse group of nine parents and their children are suing the Albemarle County School Board...