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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 Tech / VMI Receive Cyber Grants From Department of Defense

Virginia Tech and VMI have received sizable grants ($2.8 Million and $1.45 Million respectively) from the Department of Defense to continue developing the Department...

Griffith Introduces Bill to Ensure Supply of Domestic Manufactured PPE

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has introduced the Domestic Security Using Production Partnerships and Lessons from Yesterday (SUPPLY) Act, a bill to require the Federal...

Pro-Life AG Miyares Tells Supreme Court “Roe And Casey Were Wrongly Decided”

In a bold reversal, Virginia's newly-inaugurated Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) overturned the previous policy of his predecessor, pro-abortion Mark Herring (D), regarding a...

Using Ice to Boil Water: VA Tech Researcher Makes Discovery That Expands on 18th Century Principle

Associate Professor Jonathan Boreyko and graduate fellow Mojtaba Edalatpour have made a discovery about the properties of water that could provide an exciting addendum to a...

Governor Youngkin Announces Updated Guidelines for Parents, Educators and PreK-12 Schools

Governor Glenn Youngkin hasy announced updated guidelines for parents, educators, and schools per Executive Order 2, which creates a parental opt-out from mask mandates...

Bill Would Train Hotel Employees to Recognize Human Trafficking

Legislators raised a few questions with a measure that would deploy hotel staff to help combat human trafficking. The bill introduced by Del. Shelly A....