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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...

Cuccinelli and Roanoke Writer Publish Book on Limited Government

Virginia A.G. Explains Role of Constitution in Curbing Overzealous Federal Government in "The Last Line of Defense" Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has authored...

Virginia Tech / Dominion to Assist Offshore Wind Energy Launch

A Dominion Virginia Power-led team, which includes the Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, is one of seven selected by the Department of Energy to...

Bell Weighs in on State, National Political Issues

Former Republican State Senator Brandon Bell (1992-1996 21st District, 2003-2007 22nd District) says he doesn’t intend to run again for that post but...

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In an effort to curb increasing costs associated with our regular print issue and to stay focused on our continued on-line growth The...

Va County Fights Feds For Criminal-alien Records

The Obama administration is giving illegal aliens a Happy New Year by canceling an immigration-enforcement program in Prince William County. Since 2007, police in the Northern Virginia county...

250 Acres Along Roanoke River And Parkway To Be Preserved

Local businessman and agritourism advocate Al Hammond has spent much of his life piecing back together the family farm in Roanoke and Bedford...