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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...

Elm Avenue-581 Interchange About To Get A Makeover

The Elm Avenue interchange on I-581 – famous for its long traffic backups as motorists attempt to leave the highway southbound, headed for downtown...

In His Element

Dr. H. Bruce Rinker, former science department chair at North Cross School (and Roanoke Star contributing columnist), led students to Tinker Creek on Earth...

Tech Grad Student Helps People Through Helping Pets

Some people know from an early age what their destiny in life is. For Dr. Zenithson “Zenny” Ng, a third-year clinical master's resident at the  the...

Infusion of Projected Revenue Balances City’s Budget

A surprise increase of over million of projected revenue balanced Roanoke City's 2014 fiscal year budget. The additional revenue will fund items...

Surprise $25 Million Pledge Launches Roanoke College Campaign

Roanoke College is undertaking the largest campaign in its 171-year history, with one of the largest single gifts ever given in the Roanoke...

Report: Local Governments and Public Entities Are Cooperating

In 2012, the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission began gathering information from its member jurisdictions to assess the level of regional cooperation in various...