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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...

Sneaky Exercise Takes Off The Pounds

Many people dream about becoming fit and healthy without grueling exercise. Or you think of every excuse possible to avoid going to a...

Facebook: the Anti-Social Network?

Social media sites like Facebook connect users with old friends, new acquaintances and everyone in between. However, studies are revealing an inverse link...

Romney Calls on Roanoke

by Valerie Garner Romney Brings Message of Free Enterprise / Less Goverment  There was little advance notice but tickets to see Republican presidential candidate Mitt...

Roanoke Youth Earns Congressional Award

Congressman Bob Goodlatte made the following statement after presenting Elizabeth Higgs of Roanoke with the Congressional Award at the 2012 Gold Medal Ceremony...

Historic Rain Teaches Concrete Lesson

by Tom Horton You’ll read in various accounts that Tropical Storm Agnes, the great and hurtful deluge that struck Chesapeake Bay 40 years ago...

Mickenberg Holds Frank Talk About Taubman’s Future

by Aaron Layman While Taubman Museum of Art President and CEO David Mickenberg listed success stories regarding the museum’s attendance and exhibitions over the...