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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...

Cuccinelli Announces Aettlement With Google Over Unauthorized Tracking of Consumers’ Web Surfing

 Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced that his office has reached a settlement with Google Inc. after the company allowed advertisers to track Web surfing habits of...

Tech Hockey is Back at Civic Center

Minor league hockey is long gone but fans of the game can still check out Virginia Tech and Radford University club team home games,...

Trinkle to Announce for Onzlee Ware’s 11th District HOD Seat

It didn’t take long for announcements and candidate suspects to hit the rumor mill after Delegate Onzlee Ware’s announcement that he was stepping down...

Fire Prevention Art Week and Junior Firefighter Award Announced

In the fall of 2005, Roanoke Fire-EMS was looking for new ways to teach fire prevention education to the community, specifically to children. After doing some...

Council of Community Services / Partners Pledge 28 Homes in 100 Days

As part of a state-wide Rapid Re-Housing Challenge, the Council of Community Services’ Community Housing Resource Center (CHRC) has announced that they will house...

Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver to Leave Post

Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver will step down as department head of the university’s intercollegiate athletics unit, announced President Charles Steger. “We have been...