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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...

“Municipal North” Reopens to The Public

On Friday, Dec. 11, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Roanoke’s Municipal Building, the city re-opened the north entrance to the...

Tech Team Advancing Use of Amateur Radio in Emergency Communications

Researchers at the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology are preparing to send an amateur radio transponder into a geosynchronous...

VT Students and Faculty Demonstrate Robotic Future of Making Things

Joining more than 10,000 designers, artists, architects, engineers, and other industry professionals, the Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design’s Center for Design Research...

Virginia DMV Now Serving … Smiles!

For Virginians who aren’t satisfied with their driver’s license or identification card photographs with neutral expressions, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has...

W&L Takes Top Spot in College Value – Ahead of Princeton and Harvard

Kiplinger has named 2016’s Top 300 Best College Values. Introduced in 1998, the rankings combine public schools, private universities and private liberal arts colleges...

Kayak Launch Nears Reality

Additional contributions sought for new put-in on Roanoke River Another asset in the Roanoke Region’s growing number of outdoor amenities – a new kayak launch...