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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...

Storm Water Utility Fee Delayed . . . For Now

After a public hearing, members of Roanoke City Council decided to delay their vote on instituting a storm water ordinance.  The ordinance would have...

Over 10,000 Attend Roanoke “Go Outside” Festival

Thousands of people attended the third “Go Outside Festival” held last weekend at River’s Edge in Roanoke under bright and sunny fall skies.  Joe...

Hollins Supervisor Candidates Differ on Vision for Roanoke County

After a fiery primary, which saw two Republican candidates tie and have to draw sticks for the right to represent the party, the race...

Roanoker Donates Long Haul Tractor Trailer to Food Bank

Feeding America Southwest Virginia has announced that Linda F. Smith has generously donated a new Kenworth truck and fifty three foot refrigerated utility trailer...

New Playroanoke.com Website Designed to Help Get People Moving

Hanning, one of the driving forces behind the two year old Roanoke 100 Miler campaign, designed to get people outdoors during the winter months,...

Roanoke Cuts Ribbon On Elmwood Ampitheatre

There were many naysayers for sure – those opposed to building any amphitheater at Elmwood Park, even a scaled down version with no roof...