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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...

Bob Slaughter – Voice of D-Day Passes Away

by Gene Marrano He was a veteran of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, and the face of the National D-day Memorial project...

Barbershop Chorus Competition Serious and Fun Business

by Valerie Garner Harmony filled the halls of the Hotel Roanoke this past weekend with melodies both old and new as the Southern Division...

“Spiritriders” Brings Back Covered Wagon Days

by Gene Marrano Contrary to what some might believe, Virginia’s Explore Park is not closed. Visitors to the former living history attraction, located off...

Veteran Principal Set To Move On At Oak Grove

by Gene Marrano As an early retiree at 58, Oak Grove Elementary School Principal Cris Flippen must still come back about 30 days per...

Garden Club Grows at Grandin Court Elementary School

by Diana Hackenburg Roanoke students at Grandin Court Elementary had the opportunity to get their hands dirty gardening this spring as founding members of...

Local “Court Observer” Receives Honor

by Beverly Amsler Judges come and judges go, and Murry White has seen them all.  The 97-year-old Salem resident has been watching the court...