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Roanoke Valley Greenway Coordinator Finds New Home at Regional Commission

The Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission and the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission are pleased to announce that the role of the Greenway Coordinator, which assists localities with the planning, expansion, and...

Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Selects New Chair

During their organizational meeting yesterday, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors selected Tammy E. Shepherd...

Cancer Prevention: Can Future-Focused Thinking Help Smokers Quit?

As the warning label on every pack of cigarettes tells us, smoking is harmful. It’s...

VDOT Lifts Lane Closures for Holiday Travel Across Virginia

If you’re headed out to do some last-minute holiday shopping, the Virginia Department of Transportation...

Virginia Credit Union, Member One Donate $15K to Roanoke, Lynchburg Youth Programs

Virginia Credit Union and its Member One division recently donated $15,000 to two community organizations...

New Supercomputer Will Help Applied AI Research Soar

A lot can change in four years. In January 2021, Advanced Research Computing, a unit within the VA Tech Division of Information Technology, introduced Infer,...

VA General Assembly Introduces Bill to Enhance Road Safety for Wildlife and Motorists

The Virginia General Assembly just introduced House Bill 2025 (HB2025), which aims to improve road safety for both wildlife and motorists across the Commonwealth. "This...

Friends Join Together to Endow Scholarship to Honor Virginia Tech Alumnus

Nate Williams approached death in the same way he approached life – with love, laughter, and a longing to leave a legacy. “He never wanted...

Virginia Tech Mathematicians Target Data Center Inefficiency

The manic pace of sharing, storing, securing, and serving data has a manic price – power consumption. To counter this, Virginia Tech mathematicians are...

Miyares Succeeds in Canceling Biden Administration’s Title IX Rewrite 

A U.S. District Court vacated the Biden administration's proposed rewrite to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on a nationwide basis following...

Foundation Saves 98 Acre Webb Farm – Site of Cross Keys Battlefield

The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation has preserved the historic 98-acre Webb Farm on the Cross Keys Battlefield. This significant achievement underscores the Battlefields Foundation’s...