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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...

Student Designed / Built Amphitheater Named Building of the Year

The Clifton Forge Masonic Amphitheater designed and built by the VA Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies’ design/buildLAB has been named American-Architects Building of the...

GE’s FlexEfficiency Tour Shows Off New Energy Technology

GE’s "FlexEfficiency 60" Truck Tour, an 18-wheeled tractor trailer containing state-of-the-art displays of future energy technology, rolled into the Salem GE plant last...

Rescue Mission Volunteers Honored

Seventeen volunteers or volunteer groups were honored on Sunday for their hard work and dedication to the Rescue Mission of Roanoke. Once a year...

VA Tech Named to Princeton Review’s List of Best Value Colleges for 2013

Virginia Tech is again included among the "best value" public universities, according to The Princeton Review Best Value Colleges for 2013. The list, which features a...

Group Learns Cooking Really Does Matter!

A group of eleven TAP Head-Start parents and volunteers recently congregated at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem for their first “Share Our Strength’s...

Broadband Task Force Announces Recommendations For High-Speed Network

Creation of Regional Broadband Authority among ideas to boost Roanoke Valley’s global competitiveness Greater access to an affordable high-speed broadband network in the Roanoke...