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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...

Obama Campaigns in Roanoke

by Valerie Garner The lines began forming by 1:00 p.m. Friday afternoon for the people holding tickets to see President Barack Obama at historic...

Trees Can Be Protected From Summer Storm Damage

by Lynn Davis Recent storms wreaked havoc upon trees across a wide swath of Virginia and other eastern states. While there is little landowners...

Gov. George Allen Hits Roanoke Streets Before Obama Visit

by Valerie Garner Republican U.S. Senate candidate George Allen made the rounds in Roanoke Thursday morning. His first stop was a tour of Lloyd...

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...