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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...

Ferris: “Restore Funding For Judges”

Councilman Ray Ferris offered a resolution at Monday's city council meeting requesting that Governor Bob McDonnell restore funding for three retiring judge positions in the...

City Nervous About Debt Ceiling in 2014 Budget

Since last month's first look at the 2014 budget a 2,000 increase in revenue provided some budget relief, said Amelia Merchant and Ann...

Downtown Sidewalks To Be Free of Trash

Unsightly smelly bags of trash, waiting for pickup downtown by city trucks, may be a thing of the past soon. Skip Decker, manager of...

Science Museum’s Hopkins Planetarium Reaches for The Stars

Jim Rollings, executive director of the Science Museum of Western Virginia announced that on March 15 they closed their temporary Tanglewood Mall location...

Is That The New Pope?

And why is he wearing green? Well, not exactly . . . In reality it's Knight's of Columbus Past State Deputy William Howard riding...

Ferrum College Announces $25-Million “Centennial Campaign

Ferrum College has announced a $25-million Centennial Campaign in celebration of its 100th anniversary this year. The announcement was made on Monday during a...