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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...

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...

VT Carilion Students Enter Clinical Rotations for First Time

by Beverly Amsler Five doctors-to-be toured the Internal Medicine Department at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital earlier this week.  They looked like any other doctor...

Student Researchers Take A Walk On The ‘Wild’ Side

by Lindsay Kay What do Florida bog frogs, Loggerhead shrike, and red-backed salamanders have in common? This summer, the species are being studied by...

Memories of Mill Mountain Zoo

by John Robinson I can hear it now: the cheerfully wailing whistle, and the chug of the "Zoo Choo" as it circled the perimeter...