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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...

Med-Trans / Anthem Reach Agreement Covering Life-Guard Flights

Med-Trans, the air medical partner operating Carilion Clinic's Life-Guard helicopters, has reached an agreement with Anthem BlueCross BlueShield of Virginia.  Carilion Life-Guard flights are...

State and Regional Leaders Agree – It Pays to Invest in Higher Education

A group of major business and political leaders toured the state recently, touting a new economic study that shows the General Assembly’s investment in...

Residents Weigh In On Explore Park Future

More than 100 citizens turned out to meet with county officials, visiting various tables to offer their opinions on what Explore Park should become....

Music Center to Present Mandolins of the Blue Ridge

In 2012, participants at the Old Fiddlers’ Convention in Galax broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the most mandolin players in one...

Salem Sox Capture Carolina League Title With Sweep of Potomac

It's not the way you start that's key. It's the way you finish. The Salem Red Sox finished with a bang. Salem capped off an...

Tax Handouts Propel Wind Power Off Virginia’s Coast

Energy giant Dominion Power got a doubly good deal when it paid $1.6 million for the right to develop a 112,800-acre tract into a wind farm...