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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...

Cyclocross Racing Takes Roanoke and Blacksburg by Storm

This weekend cyclists from across the ACCC (Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference) and Virginia’s cycling community came out to the Virginia Tech Cycling Team’s annual...

BBB Alert: New Ransomware Targeting Businesses

The BBB is warning businesses and consumers of a new computer threat that steals information, encrypts the data, and then charges $300 in ransom...

Roanokers Salute Veterans in Annual Parade

Hundreds of people turned out in downtown Roanoke Saturday for the annual Veterans Day Parade.  Three were the traditional floats, bands, dignitaries, and marching...

How Did That Big Beautiful Church Get There?

On the 22nd day of September in the year 1879, the Bishop of the Diocese of Richmond, Rt. Rev. John J. Keane, assigned to...

Roanoke Son Wins Michigan Mayoral Race

Native Roanoker Stephen Kepley was elected mayor of Kentwood, Michigan on Tuesday.  This office is referred to as a "strong mayor position" since the...

Local Area Governments Work Together in Earning Tourism Award

On November 5, Roanoke City Mayor David Bowers, City of Salem Mayor Randy Foley and Roanoke County Vice-Chairman Charlotte Moore accepted the 2013 Southeast...