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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...

What Wonders Await . . .

. . . at Center in The Square downtown. The little fellow above is a Mandarin Goby - also known as a "Mandarin Dragonet." There...

Council Candidates Head Down Home Stretch in Roanoke City

Three incumbents and seven other hopefuls head to the polls on May 6th in Roanoke for three City Council seats up for grabs. They...

Urban Camping Makes Its Way to Downtown Roanoke

Planning to spend a lot of time in Roanoke this weekend for the Down By Downtown music festival, or the Blue Ridge Marathon on...

Over 16,300 (16.9%) of Residents in Roanoke Risk Hunger

Latest data show 16,330 individuals are ‘food insecure -each person would need nearly $16 per week to no longer be hungry Nearly $16 a person...

National College Fishing Tournament Opens On Smith Mountain Lake

FLW College Fishing is headed to Smith Mountain Lake May 3 for the first Northern Conference tournament of 2014. Fifty college teams will be...

Crime Rate in Roanoke City a Subject of Debate

There are several up-ticks in two benchmarks, in two of the four zones Roanoke police divide the city into, but since 2005 overall crime...
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