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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...

Definitive Agreement Reached with Norfolk Southern to Expand Passenger Rail Service to Southwest Virginia

On the way: Second Round Trip to Roanoke, Expansion into New River Valley  The Commonwealth has finalized a definitive agreement with Norfolk Southern Corporation to...

Virginia’s Highways Safer With DMV’s New Commercial Vehicle Tire Technology

More than 13,000 unsafe tires removed from I-81 in first year of operation  Using innovative in-road sensors, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) removed...

Artisan Furniture Manufacturer Expands Production, Opens Storefront in Historic Heart of Floyd

Phoenix Hardwoods, Inc., an artisan manufacturer of high-quality furniture and home goods made exclusively from Virginia-grown hardwoods, will expand its production facility in the...

American Red Cross Facing National Blood Crisis – Donors Needed

Dire situation facing blood supply, those in need of blood transfusions The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood...

Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Moves Forward with Support of New CTE Facility

During a joint meeting between the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors and the Roanoke County School Board on Tuesday, January 11, the two Boards...

Gov-Elect Youngkin, AG-Elect Miyares Pledge To Oppose Federal Vax Mandates

In a joint news release on January 7, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares declared their opposition to federal vaccine mandates. The...