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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...

Virginia’s Inventory of Available Homes Plummets 40% in Five Years

2019 closes with dramatically low inventory across the Commonwealth According to the 2019 Year-End Home Sales Report released by Virginia Realtors, the availability of homes...

Virginia Tethering Bill Adds New Protections For Animals Kept Outside

Animal rights advocates want lawmakers to advance legislation that expands on a tethering bill passed last year by the General Assembly. The new legislation...

VA Tech Study Provides First Data on Concussion Risk in Youth Football

For decades, there’s been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth football players are more vulnerable to concussion...

VT Research Bridges Gap Between Technology and Farmers In The Field

Hovering between the clouds and the cows, Wyatt Bunn keeps a stealthy eye on his family’s cattle. “When I fly by, they don’t notice it,...

Planning Organization Explores Ways to Keep the Valley Congestion Free

Congestion Management Process seeks public input on potential congestion hotspots By most objective measures the Roanoke Valley doesn’t feel the same traffic pain as many...

Bill Defining Milk Aims to Give Dairy VA Farmers Supermarket Advantage

As people drink less dairy milk and some turn to plant-based alternatives such as oat, soy and almond milk, dairy farmers say they're struggling....