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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...

Mountain Valley Dog Show Attracts All Breeds

The Salem Civic Center went to the dogs last weekend for the annual Mountain Valley Cluster Dog Show.  There were big dogs and little...

Floyd Fest 12: Music, Magic … And Mud

They held the latest edition of Floyd Fest from July 25-28 this year – and it became southwestern Virginia’s own version of Woodstock, the...

Roanoke Post 3 Set for State American Legion Tournament

Will the third time be the charm? That's the question facing manager Scott Smith's Roanoke Post 3 American Legion team this week as they make...

YMCA Sale In Roanoke Raises Big Questions

Roanoke Star Columnist Dick Baynton was asked to look into the recent sale of the YMCA building in downtown Roanoke and filed the following...

Carilion VT Art Exhibit Explores Creativity and Mental Health

The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s sixth art exhibition explores the therapeutic value of art, especially as it pertains to mental health. The exhibition, called...

Live from the Taubman … Its Thursday Night!

(With apologies to Saturday Night Live and its long time show opening). One of the (many) criticisms hurled at the Taubman Museum of Art...