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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...

Workshop Offered for Beginning Beekeepers

Besides the distinguished role of being the only insect that provides food for human consumption, the honeybee’s most estimable value lies in the pollination...

The Luck Of The Draw Goes To Al Bedrosian

The build up to breaking the Roanoke County Republican Primary tie between Al Bedrosian and Mike Bailey for the nomination came and went quickly...

Steger To Step Down As President of VA Tech

Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger has announced his intention to step down as university president. The university's board of visitors will assemble a...

Fork in the City, Kissito Consider “Community Philanthropub”

A Philanthropub? Admittedly, it's not a term that most, if any of us has encountered but give me a minute and I’ll try to...

McNamara Wins Windsor – Drawing From Hat To Decide Hollins Race

In spite of on and off showers there was heavy voting in both the Roanoke County Windsor Magisterial District and the Hollins Magisterial District...

“Doc” Holliday Diploma A Fake

Thanks to the news coverage provided by The Roanoke Star and other local outlets, North Cross School learned that the “Doc Holliday” dental diploma...