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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...

When It Rains It Pours -­ On Both Ends of the Rainbow

The  Salem  Fair  wrapped-up  its  12 day  run  at  the  Taliaferro  Complex  last Sunday,  but  not  before  posting unexpected  gains  in  attendance  and  revenue  for...

Family Fun Day To Be Held at Historic Crystal Spring Pump Station

*** Update: Due to unforeseen mechanical repairs needed at the Crystal Spring Pump Station, the Family Fun Day has been postponed from July 20 to...

Healing Strides Instructors Receive PATH International Certification

Healing Strides of VA has announced that six of their instructors have become PATH International certified at a workshop in Williamsburg, VA in June. PATH...

Edwards Honored With Award From Virginia Chapter Sierra Club

For the first time, the Virginia Chapter Sierra Club voted to recognize members of the General Assembly with awards lauding their work in the...

Floydfest 12 is a Complete Sellout – Music Remains the Focus

Don’t have your tickets to Floydfest 12 yet?  You may be out of luck. Co-founder Kris Hodges of Across-the-Way Productions said last week that...

21 Recruits Graduate from Roanoke Regional Fire & EMS Academy

Three localities join together to produce the sixteenth regional recruit school  The Sixteenth Roanoke Valley Regional Fire & EMS Academy consisting of 21 personnel representing the...