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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...

Tech Engineering Student Leads Electric Motorcycle Team To National Status

When John Marshall entered Virginia Tech as a freshman more than four years ago, he was set on an engineering job. He just was...

CHIP Efforts More Important Than Ever to Roanoke Community

The Child Health Investment Partnership – better known as CHIP of Roanoke Valley - is an early childhood home visiting program that has...

34th Annual Chili Cook-Off A Hot and Tasty Success

Last Saturday morning was a bit cold, but as soon as the chili tasting began at 11:00am, things warmed up quite a bit. The...

Kaine Optimistic / Goodlatte Guarded on Marketplace Fairness Act

Internet retailers have an advantage over brick and mortar retail stores when it comes to collecting state sales taxes. Shoppers say they look...

NAACP Holds 15th Annual Citizen of the Year Awards

Over 200 people filled the Holiday Inn at Tanglewood Friday night to honor area citizens who have contributed more than what was expected of...

Ever Growing Strawberry Festival Brings Plenty of Smiles

It was “everything strawberry” last weekend at the annual Community School Strawberry Festival held at Roanoke’s Elmwood Park.  Construction for the new amphitheater didn’t...