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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...

Community Response Team Approach Working For Roanoke Police

Formed just two months ago, the Roanoke City Police Department Community Response Team is already credited with helping to nab several suspects in break-ins...

Highland Park Elementary Selected For “Rotary Has Heart” Donation

Rotary clubs in Eastern United States and across the Caribbean Basin are combining resources to feed hungry children from Delaware to Trinidad and the...

Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Chief Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

The Virginia Fire Services Board recently selected Chief Richard E. Burch, Jr. of the Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department to receive their Lifetime...

Roanoke Fire Chief Becomes President of VA Fire Chief Association

On Saturday, February 22, 2014 during the opening ceremonies of the Virginia Fire & Rescue Conference in Virginia Beach, Chief David Hoback was sworn in as...

Former Ukrops Building To Become Neuro-Musculoskeletal Center

As the region’s population ages, the need for orthopaedic, neurology and neurosurgical care will increase.  Preparing for this need by developing a comprehensive orthopaedic...

Virginia 4-H’ers Take Capital By Storm

More than 800 4-H members visited Richmond this week to meet with their legislators and learn about Virginia’s legislative branch of government for the...