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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...

Bedrosian Ruffles Feathers About Prayer / ICLEI, At First Board Meeting

As he promised during his run for the Board of Supervisors last fall, newly-minted Hollins District representative Al Bedrosian had some pointed questions for...

Local Rotary Clubs Launch Operation Overlord 2014

Rotary Districts 7670 (Western NC) and 7570 (Western VA) are pleased to announce Operation Overlord 2014, a new project that entails taking all surviving...

Conventional Wisdom: Lind Says He’s Poised to Beat Gillespie

National Republicans figure that Ed Gillespie can give Democratic Sen. Mark Warner a run for his money this November. But, first, the former Republican National...

Knights Hang On For 62-57 Win Over Titans

The Southwest County boys basketball rivalry between Cave Spring and Hidden Valley has a couple reliable standards. Throw the record books out the window, and...

Local Governments, Financial Institutions and United Way Unveil Bank On Roanoke Valley

United Way Roanoke Valley, local government leaders and heads of financial institutions have formally introduced a new public-private partnership designed to increase the financial...

American Airlines to Offer Non-Stop Service to New York City

The Roanoke Regional Airport Commission has announced that American Airlines will offer non-stop daily service to New York City’s La Guardia airport from Roanoke-Blacksburg...