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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...

Students Tackles Challenges of Wildlife Field Work While Breaking New Trails in Africa

For Kayla East, studying wildlife health in northern Botswana meant having to get used to the unexpected. “I remember, on a day off, a group...

Hokie BugFest Strives to Make Science More Accessible for All

Hokie BugFest celebrated the creepy-crawly world of entomology to educate the community about this often-underappreciated group of animals. However, large events like these can...

2019 White House Ornament Marks First Presidential Helicopter Ride

This year’s White House Historical Association’s 39th official White House Christmas ornament honors a precedent that, to later generations of Americans, became routine. That precedent...

VA Tech Experts Seek to Protect National Parks From Invasive Animal Species

More than half of America’s national parks are facing a grave and immediate threat: the ongoing presence and spread of invasive animal species. The...

Dickens of a Christmas Starts Friday

The Roanoke Valley’s largest holiday celebration, Dickens of a Christmas, returns this year the first three Friday nights in December. Details about the free...

Appalachian Mural Trail Adds “The Grand Expanse”

Stretching from the Great Smoky Mountains up into the Shenandoah Valley National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway offers grand vistas. Spilling over onto Skyline...