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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...

General Assembly Report Confirms VA Schools Are At Their Limits

A survey conducted this past spring by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS) revealed that drastic reductions in state funding for public education...

Mini Med School Explores What It’s Like At VA Tech- Carilion

What goes on behind the Hokie Stone walls and sleek glass exterior of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine? Now’s your chance to...

One Hundred Volunteers to Help The Rescue Mission

What can a group of 100 volunteers accomplish in one afternoon? A lot. On September 30th the Rescue Mission hosted 100 volunteers from the 2015 Virginia...

Bowers Talks Youth, Jobs and Ice at State of City Address

During his annual State of the City address, delivered at a Roanoke Regional Chamber of Congress event held inside the Taubman Museum in mid-September,...

Empire of The Ants (And Others!) Comes Marching Back for Hokie BugFest

The ever-popular Hokie BugFest returns to Blacksburg on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Inn at Virginia Tech and...

More Than $971 Million in Travel Expenditures Generated In SW Virginia

The Southwest Virginia region generated more than $971 million in travel expenditures in 2014 according to data announced at the 2015 Southwest Virginia Creative...