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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...

Kenseth Prevails in Tennessee Bullring Shootout

Saturday's showcase NASCAR tussle at Bristol Motor Speedway was prefaced by picture-perfect skies and temperatures in the mid-80s that had the enthusiastic crowd of...

Roanoke Reflections

The Franklin Plaza Building takes on a whole new look as the sun begins to set and storm clouds roll over downtown Roanoke. Originally built...

Parade Marks Entrance of 2017 Corps of Cadets

More than 300 new members of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets reported to the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg on Aug. 17 for New Cadet...

VA Consumer Optimism Continues Upward Trend, Low Income Households Struggle

Virginians weighed in on their opinion of the economy for the third time this year. The Roanoke College Poll interviewed 604 Virginians about their...

City Council Sells Building for $10 – Broadband Authority Created

Roanoke City Council voted to sell the old Health Department building at 515 Eighth Street, Southwest to developer Ed Walker for $10.  He expects...

Passenger Rail Is Coming To Roanoke Says Governor McDonnell

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, more in the news recently for a scandal involving gifts now being returned, was in Roanoke City recently for a...