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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...

VA House Bills to Curb Distracted Driving Receive Bipartisan Support

For Roxanne Gabel and Tabitha Clark, advocating for "hands-free driving" in Virginia is about more than statistics; it's a family memorial effort. In November 2017,...

Animal Welfare: Panel OKs Bill to Restrict Tethering Animals

A VA House of Representatives committee has advanced a bill requiring Virginians who tether dogs outside to give the animals more room to move. It...

Governor’s School’s Student Project Forum: Student Scientists in Action

On Saturday, February 2nd, 264 gifted and talented students from across the Roanoke Valley will participate in Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for Science and...

High Schoolers See The Road From Truck Driver’s Point of View

Almost 80 percent of tractor-trailer crashes and near crashes are caused by someone driving a car. Occupants in the car often do not survive,...

Lawmakers Call for Improvements in Foster Care

The first-ever bipartisan foster care caucus convened Tuesday to provide legislators the opportunity to learn about the various demanding issues in child welfare. Nine bills...

Two Virginia Tech Online Graduate Programs Among Best in Country

Virginia Tech's online master’s degree in information technology is the nation’s third best and the online graduate engineering programs moved up four places to No. 16, according to...