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Roanoke Co. Hosts Public Hearing About Real Estate Tax Rate Tue. April 7

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors will host a public hearing for citizen comments on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:00 concerning 2026 real estate and personal property tax rates in Roanoke...

Carilion Expands Role in Biotechnology Innovation

Carilion Clinic today announced the launch of Usability Works at Carilion Clinic, a new usability engineering...

Statistics Prove: “Yes” Vote Is Pushing The Most Gerrymandered Map In USA

With the final day of voting, April 21, approaching, more Virginians are paying attention to...

Roanoke Animal Cancer Care and Research Center Helps Cat Reach Remission

Cynthia Sutton drives 3 ½ hours every three weeks from Big Stone Gap to Roanoke...

RCPS and Carilion Clinic Announce Long-Term Partnership

Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) and Carilion Clinic are proud to announce a long-term partnership...

New Vinton Library Project Gets Imaginative Feedback

Bolstered by a $700,000 downtown revitalization grant, the Town of Vinton is making moves to revamp its downtown area. Central to this effort is...

Land Conservation Front and Center at Roanoke Conference

The seventh annual Statewide Land Conservation Conference in Virginia, held over a two-day period in Roanoke last week, was a chance for those interested...

Roanoke City School Board Selection Process Dilemma Solved

After much gnashing of teeth and consultation with City Attorney Dan Callaghan, Roanoke City Council decided that the replacement of school board chairman...

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...