back to top

News

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...

Companies Working For State Are Big-Time Campaign Donors

The two companies tasked with building and managing Virginia’s heralded public-private transportation projects, Transurban USA Inc. and Fluor Corp., are cozy with state...

Oak Grove Elementary School Receives Grant For Shade Structures

One of the ways to protect yourself from the damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays of the sun is to seek shade, especially during the...

ICLEI, Chickens Get Thumbs Up From County

In the end, various conspiracy theories about ICLEI’s connection to Agenda 21 and world domination of Roanoke County by the U.N. did not...

Greenway System About To Grow Again

When outdoor enthusiasts think “greenway” they usually think of the growing Roanoke River Greenway, often described as the “spine” of the valley’s urban trail...

Republican VP Candidate Paul Ryan “We Did Build It”

- By Valerie Garner  Political analyst Dr. Bob Denton was impressed by Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan’s performance at Roanoke’s Northwest Hardware store Wednesday...

Democrats Offer Rebuttal to VP Republican Candidate Paul Ryan

- By Valerie Garner Former DPVA chair Richard “Dickie” Cranwell and council members Sherman Lea and Bill Bestpitch gave the Democratic rebuttal to VP...