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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...

Roanoke City Democratic Sheriff Candidates Discuss Issues

By Valerie Garner Roanokers may be paying little attention to the local Democratic Primary Sheriff race scheduled for June 11. The incumbent Republican Octavia...

Doc Holliday Dental Diploma Donated to North Cross School

"Is this a joke or is this thing real?" someone asked. In a frame, behind glass, the gold with blue ribbon sealed Pennsylvania College of...

Jefferson Center Collects Donated Guitar’s for Local Veterans

On Monday evening, May 6th, the Salem chapter of the national Guitars For Vets (G4V) program received 10 acoustic guitars collected through Jefferson Center....

Roanoke College’s Historic Bittle Tree To Be Removed for Safety Reasons

Roanoke College is losing one of its historic icons, a tulip poplar tree thought to be more than 150 years old, that has been...

Tech Engineering Students Dominate Robotics Competition

A team of Virginia Tech College of Engineering students won first place at the April 2013 Collegiate Aerial Robotics Exhibition held in Milwaukee, Wis.,...

City Council Chambers Fills With Gardeners and Interesting Dialogue

The public hearing on the fiscal year 2013-2014 budget was akin to the movie “Groundhog Day.” A rerun of years past as most of...