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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...

City Manager’s Brother-In-Law Hired as New Roanoke City Attorney

by Valerie Garner New City Attorney "Was Not First Choice" Daniel Callaghan is Roanoke’s new city attorney but it was not a unanimous decision. He...

Food Bank Recognizes Project 360 Partners In Fight Against Hunger

by Gene Marrano The war against hunger is not over in southwestern Virginia. "Far from it," said Pamela Irvine, the president and CEO for...

City Employee Pension Plan Doesn’t Satisfy All

by Valerie Garner Changes to Roanoke’s pension plan will take effect July 1, 2014 and not everyone is pleased with the changes. Roanoke firefighter...

Bob Goodlatte’s Response to President Obama’s Roanoke Address

What Built America At an event in Roanoke last week, President Obama made a telling statement. “If you’ve got a business,” he said to...

The Perfect Storm

Photo by Terry Aldhizer Or at least a perfect storm picture . . .  The Roanoke Valley has seen its share of thunderstorms and...

Elmwood Park Renovations To Begin In Fall

by Valerie Garner Elmwood Park will close on October 16 and (if the weather cooperates) the  revitalized park will reopen 12 months later in...