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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...

GOP Has Cause to Both Cheer and Second-guess Virginia Election

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner’s apparent victory leaves Virginia very much a purple state, with just enough Libertarians to change the hue from election to election. If...

Blue Ridge Literacy Has New Digs

They didn’t move far – just from once side of the downtown main library branch in Roanoke to the other side – but Blue...

Cable TV Network VH1 Works With City Schools To “Save The Music”

Five years, 17 grants and $510,000 for musical instruments: that’s how much VH1’s Save the Music Foundation program has meant to Roanoke City Public...

An Interview With Ol’ Tom Turkey

Mr. Tom Turkey has been spotted about town lately, and this reporter had the opportunity to visit with him. He is looking very dapper...

Crystal Spring Elementary Annual Turkey Bowl Reaches $20,000 Donation Mark

Millions of people will be watching football on television on Thanksgiving Day, but there is another game of note happening in Roanoke on the...

Project Manager Discovers That Birds and Windows Are Deadly Dilemma

When a bird flew into the window of Becky Schneider’s office at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center last year, the avian ecologist rushed...