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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...

National Institutes of Health Provides $23 Million for Statewide Translational Research Institute

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has been awarded a five-year grant of nearly $23 million from the National Institutes of...

Blue Ridge Parkway Visitation Tops 14 Million in 2018

The Blue Ridge Parkway’s 469-mile scenic drive, 369 miles of trail, 14 visitor centers, 8 campgrounds, 10 concession operations, 15 picnic areas, and numerous...

Legislation Banning All Tobacco Products at Virginia Schools Signed Into Law

School boards must ban any tobacco or other forms of nicotine products from all school property and school-sponsored events under legislation signed into law...

Applicants to Virginia Tech Exceed 30,000 For Second Straight Year

This year marks the second consecutive year, and only the second time in history, that more than 30,000 students applied to Virginia Tech. The university...

Researcher Embarks on Kayaking Trip to Assess Invasive Crayfish Species

This past fall, Virginia Tech researcher Bryan Brown took to the rushing waters of the New River on kayak for 17 days to conduct...

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to Present The Good, Bad, and Ugly at 7th Annual Brain School

The human brain contains about 86 billion nerve cells, or neurons, most of them at work in the background of our conscious attention collecting...