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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 Responds to June 29 Storm

During the days that followed the June 29 storm, the City of Roanoke says they made extensive efforts to address the resulting damage...

Family Time, Unplugged & Outdoors: Memories are Made on Vacations; Tips for the Road

Don’t worry about record-breaking gas prices – the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates prices to be .79 a gallon this summer, less than...

Don’t Let Big Government Choose Your News

A proposed new plan for government control of television news, and perhaps Internet news, is now pending before the Federal Communications Commission. It...

Upward Bound Not Funded by Government

by Valerie Garner Roanoke College recently was notified by the U.S. Department of Education that their grant for the Upward Bound program has not...

“Derecho” Slams Valley

by Gene Marrano Freak Storm System Takes Several States and Southwest Virginia By Surprise They call it “Derecho,” a term now seared into the minds...

Market Square May Get Whole New Look

by Valerie Garner The main portion of Market Square has been dubbed “Roanoke’s Living Room” and has functioned as such since Roanoke’s existence. “The...