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VA Tech Earns National Recognition for Community Engagement

Virginia Tech has been awarded the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, a national recognition highlighting the university’s sustained, institutionwide commitment to building trusted, reciprocal partnerships that address...

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...

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...

Cox Grant Will Assist CHIP FIT Program To Combat Childhood Obesity

Cox Communications recently awarded $160,000 in grants to 25 non-profits throughout the state. In Roanoke the Smart Beginnings early childhood education program, the Community...

City Council Clears Path For Carilion, Read Mountain Development and Arts Funding

City Council voted unanimously (with Councilwoman Anita Price absent) to remove the proffers on the old Ukrops building on Franklin Road and sell it...

Roanoke County Educators, Students Ponder Future Of Education At “Think Tank 2”

Before an overflow crowd of Roanoke County educators, administrators and high school students that spilled over into another room, where the proceedings were broadcast...

Harrison Museum Launches Two Exhibits

Lamps, comfy chairs and couches, throw pillows…lots of soothing earth tones and animal prints – in a museum? The Harrison Museum of African American...

Puppies Prevail In Virginia!

Puppy Pressure Prevails on Humane Lobby Day: Senate Committee Votes Yes Overwhelmingly On a frigid morning at the Capitol grounds hundreds of animal activists gathered...

VA Real Estate Index: Sellers Are Optimistic But Market Still Faces Big Challenges

Virginians weighed in on their opinions of the real estate market for the first time this year. The Roanoke College Poll interviewed 601 Virginians...