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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...

Virginia Opens 38th State Park

Widewater State Park provides access to Potomac River and Aquia Creek  Governor Ralph Northam today officially opened Widewater State Park in Stafford County, the Commonwealth’s...

City Announces Neighborhood Partnership Awards Winners, Citizen of the Year

On Friday, Nov. 9, the city hosted the Annual Neighborhoods ‘”Harvesting the Fruits” Potluck Dinner and Neighborhood Partnership Awards Celebration in Jefferson Center’s Fitzpatrick...

Roanoke City Police Department Unveils Custom wrapped “Bigs in Blue” Police Cruiser.

Southwest Virginia’s mentoring organization Big Brothers Big Sisters has teamed up with the Roanoke City Police Department to create a powerful message on wheels. “The...

 Virginia Tech Master Plan Imagines What Campus Might Look Like in 2047 

Through the Beyond Boundaries visioning process, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands challenged the university community to imagine the higher education landscape a generation or...

Tech Board of Visitors Adopts Campus Master Plan, Approves Construction of New Living Learning Center

During its quarterly meeting held in Blacksburg the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a resolution to adopt the 2018 campus master plan —...

City’s Leaf Collection Program Begins November 12

The city’s Leaf Collection Program will be conducted in November and December on the following weeks: Week of Nov. 12 Week of Nov. 26 ...