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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...

Local Motorcycle Group “Moto.Men” Announce Trip to Arctic Circle 

The Journey will include traveling to all Four Coasts of the United States to Raise Funds and Awareness for Charitable Causes  On May 25, 2019, Roanoke's...

Roanoke To Host Virginia Drug Discovery Consortium Meeting

Meeting to focus on opioids, addiction, data science The Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery will host a May 21-22 meeting of the Virginia Drug Discovery Consortium at the...

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Announces Major Expansion

Carilion Clinic has announced plans for an expansion of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and the adjacent Behavioral Health Building in the Roanoke Innovation Corridor. The...

No Kill Shelters Gaining Momentum in Virginia – Save Rate Approaching 90%

2018 state reporting numbers have been released and Virginia is at an 88% save rate for sheltered dogs and cats. (Acording to data from https://www.petcofoundation.org/data-saves-lives/.) The...

Heywood Fralin Awarded 2019 William H. Ruffner Medal

Heywood Fralin broke family tradition by attending the University of Virginia instead of following his two older brothers to Virginia Tech, but he’s since...

Local Pharmacy Steps Up To Do The Right Thing

A new point-of-sale medication disposal dropbox will help curtail the local crisis of addiction Locally-owned Market Street Pharmacy in New Castle became the first pharmacy...