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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...

Close Vote Replaces The Huff Lane School With Hotels

The vote was 4-3 Tuesday evening leaving Dorchester and Grandview neighbors disappointed that the now vacant Huff Lane school will be rezoned to...

Goodlatte, Google and Intuit Team Up to Get Businesses Online

It was a packed house for both workshops held at the Taubman Museum of Art Tuesday. There were 60 computers sitting ready for two...

North Cross Students Tutor Local Refugees

It would be almost impossible to imagine what it must be like to be forced to flee one’s home—to flee from war, to flee...

Former House of Delegates Candidate Now Aiming for Supervisor

The field vying to replace the retiring Richard Flora as the Hollins District supervisor in Roanoke County became a bit more crowded last week...

Transportation Museum Enjoys Big Increase in Visitors

The Virginia Museum of Transportation has announced that attendance for 2012 increased by 32.6 percent. The VMT welcomed visitors not only from the Roanoke...

Roanoke Woman Battling Rare Condition Awaits Kidney Transplant

In 1989, Jenny Mays DeLorenzo, of Roanoke, was diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis. This disease is a rare condition that caused her health to worsen...