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VA Tech Generates $4.7 Billion in Economic Impact Across Virginia, New Report Shows

Virginia Tech generated $4.7 billion in statewide economic impact in fiscal year 2025, supporting 35,519 full-time equivalent jobs and producing $316.9 million in tax revenue, according to a new...

VDOT Digs Into Potholes on Virginia Roads

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews are already actively working to locate and repair potholes...

State Supreme Court Basically Nullifies 2020 Election, Disenfranchises 2,770,489 Virginia Voters

On Friday, February 13, the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCOVA) overruled a lower judge and...

Reps. Griffith and Cline Support Photo ID to Vote, But Senators Warner and Kaine Still Oppose

In recent years, the interrelated issues of election integrity, proof of US citizenship, and photo...

Cave Spring Middle School Student Wins 2026 Roanoke County Spelling Bee in Historic Fashion

When it comes to making spelling bee history at Roanoke County Public Schools, Cave Spring...

Marie Kondo “Tidying Up” Movement Impacting Local Goodwill Donations

The Today Show recently highlighted the “Marie Kondo Effect” on thrift store donations in an article you can view by clicking here. The article featured...

Basketball Fundraiser Marks 10th Anniversary of Morgan Harrington Case

  Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students will try to win back their title against a team of Carilion Clinic residents, attending physicians, and Jefferson...

Blue Ridge Parkway Resumes Winter Operations

With the enactment of the federal governments continuing resolution, staff along the Blue Ridge Parkway resumed regular winter operations beginning Monday, January 28, 2019....

Senate Panel Rejects Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling

A bipartisan bill to ban oil drilling off Virginia’s coast was shot down on a 9-6 vote in a Senate committee Thursday. The Senate Committee...

Delivery Team Works to Shape Innovation Campus

Leaders from across the university are actively working to shape and plan the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus. Since the November announcement of the Amazon headquarters in...

Students Develop Life-saving Device

This past March, Andy Cohen was caught in one of the worst snowstorms of the year. The Crozet, Virginia, native who graduated in May...