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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...

Northam Delays Upcoming Elections; Others Push for November Alternatives

Gov. Ralph Northam has announced that he is delaying the June congressional primaries by two weeks and is calling on the General Assembly to...

Virginia Tech Experts Say Food Supply Chain is Strong and Resilient

The food supply chain will be able to withstand the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to feed Americans across the country, two Virginia Tech experts...

Workers Urge Northam to Sign Minimum Wage Bill

Workers and advocates are urging Gov. Ralph Northam to sign a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $9.50 at the start of...

Passenger Traffic Continued to Grow at Airport Ahead of Virus Onset

The Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport continued to see 2020 traffic increase with February traffic up 6.8% on a year over year basis. February 2020 saw...

Virginia’s Blue Ridge Creates Takeout Maps in Support of Local Restaurants

As Southwest Virginia works together in Virginia's Blue Ridge to get through the COVID-19 crisis, many of our local restaurants & craft beverage businesses...

Virginia Using Genetic Technology to Combat COVID-19

State public health laboratory is one of the first in the nation to do this work ~ The Department of General Services’ (DGS) Division of...