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Roanoke Co. Hosts Public Hearing About Real Estate Tax Rate Tue. April 7

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors will host a public hearing for citizen comments on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:00 concerning 2026 real estate and personal property tax rates in Roanoke...

Carilion Expands Role in Biotechnology Innovation

Carilion Clinic today announced the launch of Usability Works at Carilion Clinic, a new usability engineering...

Statistics Prove: “Yes” Vote Is Pushing The Most Gerrymandered Map In USA

With the final day of voting, April 21, approaching, more Virginians are paying attention to...

Roanoke Animal Cancer Care and Research Center Helps Cat Reach Remission

Cynthia Sutton drives 3 ½ hours every three weeks from Big Stone Gap to Roanoke...

RCPS and Carilion Clinic Announce Long-Term Partnership

Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) and Carilion Clinic are proud to announce a long-term partnership...

Roanoke County Mistakenly Sends Warning Message About Prisoner Escape

The test alert was sent as Roanoke County prepares to launch a new emergency alerting system A test alert message about an escaped inmate...

Susan Geary to help launch NPR station

Susan Geary, who produced the morning news program and hosted an on-air shift at Roanoke’s public radio station (WVTF) for almost three years, is...

Racers Don High Heels For A Good Cause

 Apple Ridge Farm, which provides outdoor recreational opportunities for underprivileged children, held its first “High Heel Charity Race” at the City Market building last...

Debate Continues on Uranium Mining Proposed Only 50 Miles From Roanoke

Mine Operations Would be Only Just 12 Miles From Smith Mountain Lake  Virginia’s moratorium on uranium mining and whether or not it should be lifted was...

Roanoker Striving to Start New “Jail Dog” Program

  Roanoke Valley resident Rachel Burger would like to see more dogs released from area animal shelters, trained, and adopted to loving families. Burger who...

Animal Control Center Operations Being Investigated

UPDATE: at 4:33 PM on Thursday July 26th the SPCA made the following announcement: Today, the Roanoke Valley SPCA (RVSPCA) Board of Directors announced...