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Roanoke Co. Hosts Public Hearing About Real Estate Tax Rate Tue. April 7

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors will host a public hearing for citizen comments on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:00 concerning 2026 real estate and personal property tax rates in Roanoke...

Carilion Expands Role in Biotechnology Innovation

Carilion Clinic today announced the launch of Usability Works at Carilion Clinic, a new usability engineering...

Statistics Prove: “Yes” Vote Is Pushing The Most Gerrymandered Map In USA

With the final day of voting, April 21, approaching, more Virginians are paying attention to...

Roanoke Animal Cancer Care and Research Center Helps Cat Reach Remission

Cynthia Sutton drives 3 ½ hours every three weeks from Big Stone Gap to Roanoke...

RCPS and Carilion Clinic Announce Long-Term Partnership

Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) and Carilion Clinic are proud to announce a long-term partnership...

Virginians Reflect on Impeachment, Storming of Capitol, COVID and Politics 

The Roanoke College Poll’s most recent poll looked at the opinions of Virginians regarding a variety of issues related to politics and COVID-19. Biden, Trump, impeachment,...

Blue Ridge Parkway Visitation Tops 14 million in 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway managers have announced that an estimated 14,099,485 recreation visitors enjoyed the park in 2020. Despite impacts from road closures and the...

Virginia Is The State With The Most Coronavirus Restrictions

With states opening up more but a full reopening only possible once most of the population has been vaccinated, the personal-finance website WalletHub has...

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Welcomes Four New Advisory Board Members

Four new members have been named to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s advisory board. Virginia “Ginger” Ashton, Mary Baron, Robert Hogan, and Adriana Hogan...

Roanoke College Science Center Receives Strong Support From Alumni

Three Roanoke alumni and their spouses are leading the charge to ensure that plans for Roanoke’s new Science Center become a reality.   John and Betty Shannon have stepped forward to...

Virginia to Begin Offering New One-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has announced that a new single-dose COVID-19 vaccine will begin being offered in Virginia next week following federal...