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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...

Virginians’ Opinions of The Real Estate Market Fall – Buyers Cautious

Virginians have weighed in on their opinions of the real estate market for the second time this year. The Roanoke College Poll interviewed 608...

RAM House Gets Assist on Giving Tuesday

Ernie Dale wasn’t even aware that it was something called “Giving Tuesday,” a new designation started last year as a follow up to "Black...

Democratic Sponsored Legislation Could Wipe Out Herring’s Lead in AG Race

A law championed by Democrat Creigh Deeds could give Republican Mark Obenshain the tools to erase Mark Herring’s 165-vote margin in Virgina’s attorney general’s race. Deeds, who lost the AG contest to Bob...

Apple Ridge Farm Becomes Part of National “Giving Library”

Roanokers can direct money to the local children's charity by simply sharing a link on Facebook and Twitter Roanoke’s  Apple Ridge Farm has been selected...

11th House of Delegates Seat Up For Grabs

It didn’t take long for several announcements and the rumor mill to crank up on potential candidates after Delegate Onzlee Ware’s announcement on November 14...

Southeast Activist Fights for His Quadrant of The City

E. Duane Howard is on a roll these days. The recently elected Vice President of the Southeast Action Forum (SEAF), who became a homeowner...