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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...

9 Out of 10 Virginians Live in Areas Hit by Recent Weather Disasters

9 Out of 10 Virginians Live in Areas Hit by Recent Weather Disasters Nine months after the Derecho and other severe storms brought 80...

Hatcher To Run in Republican Primary for 19th House District

With 52-year veteran independent Delegate Lacy Putney (I-19) retiring candidates are lining up for the Republican primary in an attempt to fill his shoes....

Rail-Cars Make Long Trip Up Bent Mountain to Apple Ridge Farm

Wednesday was an historic day for Apple Ridge Farm and Floyd County as the first of three cabooses and a boxcar made there way...

80th Annual Historic Garden Week Has Something For Everyone

The 80th annual Historic Garden Week in Roanoke will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2013. The tour is sponsored by the Roanoke...

Earth Day A Chance to Learn, Have Some Fun

Earth Day, which began nationally and in Roanoke four decades ago, is back on April 20. The Roanoke celebration of all things green was...

Carson Elected to 23rd District Circuit Court

A funding push by area legislators has saved judgeships vacated by retiring judges in the 23rd District Circuit Court and David Carson was one...