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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...

3rd Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival Announces 2014 Dates And Initial Lineup

Five Days of Free Music, Art, and Innovation in Charlottesville, VA, April 9th through 13th The Tom Tom Founders Festival returns in 2014 as the...

Bedford Memorial Hospital to Join Centra

The Board of Directors of Bedford Memorial Hospital and Oakwood Health and Rehabilitation Center have endorsed a plan to transfer full ownership of the...

Black Dog Salvage Duo Kicks Off Second Season on DIY / HGTV

A chance encounter during a fishing trip on the James River with a TV reality show producer led to “Salvage Dawgs,” the DIY network show...

Roanoke Makes List as One of America’s “Most Bible-Minded” Cities

American Bible Society Announces Which Cities Rank—and Which Cities Tank—In Bible Friendliness When it comes to U.S. cities that embrace the Bible, Roanoke is apparently...

New Soccer Fields Coming to Countryside

New soccer fields are coming to Roanoke’s Countryside neighborhood after City Council unanimously approved the proposal at Tuesday night’s meeting. Council decided to lease two...

More Media Eyes on Roanoke These Days

Virginia’s Blue Ridge – that’s how the Roanoke Valley is being packaged these days by the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitor’s Bureau – experienced...