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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 Family Foundation Announces Parental Rights Advocacy Day

The non-partisan Virginia Family Foundation has announced its Parental Rights Advocacy Day for Wednesday, February 2, from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm on the...

February Designated as Youth Mental Health Month

Join the Suicide Prevention Council of Roanoke Valley and Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare as they focus on youth mental health for the month of February. Adolescence is...

Pro-Abortion SCOTUS Judge Breyer To Retire

Setting off a high-stakes political drama in Washington long-serving Supreme Court Judge Stephen Breyer will announce today his retirement at the end of this...

Governor Youngkin Announces School Choice Proclamation

Virginia's newly-inaugurated Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced this week as School Choice week, and issued a proclamation highlighting the importance of school choice for...

New Brain Cancer Guidelines Set to Improve Care, Increase Patient Survival

UVA Cancer Center Expert Co-Chairs Blue-Ribbon Panel  New guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain are poised to improve care for patients...

AG Miyares Fires Official Lawyers for UVA, George Mason University

In a stark contrast to the approach of his predecessor, Virginia's newly-inaugurated Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) recently fired the university counsels for both...