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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...

Watersheds Rely on EPA and Local Groups Like Trout Unlimited to Keep on Fishin’

by Cheryl Vosburg When it comes to preserving and restoring waterways, local environmental groups, fishermen and communities like Trout Unlimited (T.U.) make it happen. Bill...

Terry McAuliffe Remains Undeclared Candidate For Governor

by Valerie Garner EXCLUSIVE to The Roanoke Star: Terry McAuliffe sat down to talk about his political plans, his electric car business and why...

Fiber Provided Broadband Plan for Economic Growth

by Valerie Garner Dr. Andrew Cohill CEO of Design Nine Inc. and a broadband architect explained to city council on Monday that Roanoke City...

Council Struggles With Moving Elections

by Valerie Garner It was a roundabout that had no exit signs at Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting as the topic of moving the...

Goodlatte / Kwiatkowski Face Off in Republican Primary

by Valerie Garner Tuesday, June 12 Republicans will go to the polls to pick their nominee for the 6th Congressional District and nominee for...

Roanoke Goes To Dogs for 6th Time

by Beverly Amsler Elmwood Park went to the dogs Saturday for the 6th annual Woofstock.  The event brings people, their dogs, and various animal...