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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...

Thousands Expected for Annual DogtoberFest

Saint Francis Service Dogs anticipates approximately 2,000 visitors and 1,000 dogs to enjoy a beautiful fall day at the Saint Francis campus for the...

Tech Engineering Students’ Experiments Go Up With NASA Rocket

Virginia Tech College of Engineering students watched their experiments blast into space last Friday aboard a rocket that launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility....

RC CLEAR/ICLEI Chair “Fired” by Supervisor

In the end what bothered Nell Boyle the most perhaps was that her slot on Roanoke County’s RC CLEAR citizen’s committee – the environmental...

Quidditch Tournament Coming To Roanoke

Harry Potter fans young and old with gather in Green Hill Park in Roanoke County November 3rd and 4th for the first Quidditch tournament. Quidditch...

Fired Up again to stop breast cancer in its tracks

The second annual Fired up for a Cure event at the Roanoke Civic Center had attracted less than 50 runners or walkers for the...

There Is An App. For That

 With over 14,000 smart phone/tablet applications and counting, it can be difficult to sort through them for the best ones to aide you...