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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...

John Carlin To Return To WSLS Anchor Desk

Veteran journalist will re-join the station in July WSLS-10 announced that John Carlin will be returning as the lead male news anchor for the station. ...

New Funding Means Greenways Will Be Completed Faster

Roanoke Valleys Greenway Coordinator Liz Belcher calls it, “Manna from Heaven”… the recent changes that made the Roanoke Valley its own transportation management area...

Woofstock Festival Brings Variety of Canines to Downtown

Lots of canines brought their humans to the annual Woofstock Festival Saturday.  It was held on the Jefferson Street side of Elmwood Park because...

Blacksburg High School Student Wins RAYSAC After Prom Car

Students from 28 area high schools gathered in downtown Roanoke, to try to win a new car, but it was Audrey Polk, a senior...

Mountain View Humane Clinic Battles Pet Overpopulation

The Mountain View Humane Spay/Neuter Clinics in Roanoke and Christiansburg are closing in on 20,000 spay or neuter surgeries over the past few years....

Roanoke County Firefighters Rescue Dog from Drain Pipe

For the second time in nine days, Roanoke County firefighters have rescued a dog. About 6:30 this morning the Roanoke County Emergency Communications Center...