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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...

All But One VA Republican Congressmen Side With Obama on NSA Vote

All but one of Virginia’s eight Republican congressmen sided with President Obama to help defeat a bill that would have effectively ended funding for the controversial NSA  surveillance program. Even...

VT- Carilion Smoking Abstinence Research Receives Major Financial Boost

Institute receives $3.2-million award to develop interventions to help smokers resist nicotine cravings Warren Bickel, an internationally recognized addiction expert at the Virginia Tech Carilion...

UVA Launches Online Archive of Historical Roanoke TV News Footage

A five-year effort by the University of Virginia Library to digitally preserve what is believed to be the only surviving TV news archive of original film...

Sheriff’s Office Accepting Applications For Citizens Academy

Ever wonder what happens at the Sheriff's Office after someone gets arrested?  Ever been in the backseat of a squad car?  Ever seen a...

“Telemental” Healthcare Now Offered Through Salem V-A

Dr. Anjali Varma is a psychiatrist with the Medical Center and says “Telemental health is basically using teleconferencing, video-teleconferencing to a remote area for...

Float Trips Begin Through Roanoke River Gorge

Last year it was wagon rides but this summer Explore Park is trying to get people to visit by taking a ride with "Rock...