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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...

Democrats Angling to Break Curse in 2013 Governor’s Race

In the wake of a second Barack Obama victory and Democrat Tim Kaine‘s defeat of George Allen for U.S. Senate, are Republicans losing their grip on Virginia? With popular Democratic...

Titans Regroup, Down Turner Ashby 3-1 in Volleyball Quarterfinal

Hidden Valley has had its share of volleyball battles with their county rivals, the Cave Spring Knights.Tuesday night in the Hidden Valley gym, the...

Meet The Bluest and Reddist Localties in The Commonwealth

Meet the most partisan localities in Virginia — the thoroughly red Tazewell County and unbendingly blue city of Petersburg. Tazewell County voters cast their ballots for Republican George...

Who Will Fire The Cannon at the Tech / UVA Football Game?

The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is holding a raffle to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project in which the winner will have the opportunity to fire...

World War Monument Rededicated on Veterans Day

In a moving ceremony in Old Southwest, Boy Scout Troop 221 from Cave Spring presented the Colors at the Rededication of the Memorial boulder...

VA Conservatives See New Silver Lining in Obamacare Fight

NOT GONNA DO IT: McDonnell has opted to not move forward with a state health insurance exchange, energizing some conservative activists. Gov. Bob McDonnell says it’s...