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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...

4-H Cultivates Leadership and Good Citizenry Skills at 2013 Congress

Five hundred teens, volunteer leaders, and Virginia Cooperative Extension agents gathered at Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus recently for the 93rd annual 4-H State Congress. This...

Hectic Off-Season For Roanoke Son and March Madness Star Luke Hancock

It’s been a whirlwind few months for Luke Hancock, a rising senior at the University of Louisville and a Hidden Valley High School graduate....

New Wetlands Trail Opens in County

  Fifth graders from nearby Penn Forest Elementary School help cut the ribbon on a 900-foot long wetlands trail at the South Roanoke County Library...

Co-op Farm Market Up and Running

After searching for years and being turned away from a proposed site on the former Countryside golf course property, Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op found...

40 Animals In Roanoke Rescued In “Just One Day”

The Regional Center for Animal Control and Protection in Roanoke was one of several animal shelters throughout the nation that participated in “Just One...

United Way of Roanoke Valley Awards $3.1 Million to 55 Nonprofit Programs

The United Way of Roanoke Valley (UWRV) Board of Directors has approved community investments of $3.1 million for fiscal year 2013-2014.  These investments will...