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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...

Passenger Traffic Declines at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport

The Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport saw a 6% decrease in December 2020 traffic versus November 2020. December 2020 saw 23,384 passengers fly via ROA compared...

Virginia Lawmakers Advance Bills Eliminating Mandatory Minimums 

Lawmakers in both chambers of the General Assembly advanced criminal justice reform measures that would eliminate mandatory minimums in favor of allowing judges more...

Virginia House and Senate Bills Advance to Abolish Death Penalty

After over 400 years of conducting the most executions than any other state, Virginia may become the first Southern state to abolish the death...

E-Learning: Types of Prep Courses to Help Students in Different Year Levels

The pandemic last year caused a major hurdle in pursuing education. Most could not hold traditional classroom lessons and would instead resort to the...

Record $1 Million Gift to VA 4-H Invests In Next Generation of Leaders

Virginia 4-H has received $1 million from Dominion Energy — the largest cash gift in the history of the commonwealth’s largest youth organization —...

TECH STUDY: Songbirds Exposed to Lead Contaminated Water Show Telltale Signs of Human Impacts

Humans, wildlife, and the environment are all interconnected and play a role in one another’s health and well-being. Sentinel species, such as birds, are...