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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...

Roanoke City Schools Offers Up “Food For Thought”

James Madison Middle School students will get a chance to do something very few students in this country are able to do-raise their own...

Roanoke Stonewall Jackson Chapter Wins Honor

The Stonewall Jackson chapter of The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) won the Second Region Chapter of the Year award at the...

Mill Mountain Comes Alive Again With The 39 Steps

Take a 1915 novel and a 1935 early Alfred Hitchcock film, The 39 Steps, and turn it into a Tony Award winning Broadway play....

The Ponce De Leon Roars Back To Life

What developer Faisal Kahn did at 401 West Campbell (401 Lofts), turning a timeworn property into apartments and retail space, is now taking place...

Local Non-Profit Can Win A New Vehicle With Help From Online Voters

For the past 20 years Gary Hunt has combined a summer time Caribbean vacation with the opportunity to do a good deed. His Bookbag...

McAuliffe Holds Slim Lead Over Cuccinelli; Down-Ticket Races Also Tight

Democrat Terry McAuliffe has opened a six-point lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli (40%-34%), while 16 percent of likely voters in Virginia remain undecided in...