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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...

Crystal Spring Students Per-fect Pi . . . Throwing

by Beverly Amsler How many digits of pi can you name? If you’re like most people, you probably get lost after 3.14. . . But...

Legislators Feel The Pressure As They Return To Work On State Budget

by Valerie Garner Ten days prior to the end of Virginia’s 2012 legislative session the budget fell off a cliff. The Senate rejected both...

Environmental Leader Says People Are Getting The Message

by Gene Marrano The chairman of the Roanoke Valley Greenways Commission, Mark McClain, is optimistic about the Bridge the Gap campaign that will help...

Habeeb / MADD Spread Word About New DUI Law

by Beverly Amsler Virginians convicted of driving under the influence will be required to have an ignition interlock device installed on their vehicle starting...

17 Volunteers Graduate from the 10th Roanoke County Fire Academy

The tenth Roanoke County Volunteer Fire Academy consisting of 17 graduates from Roanoke County concluded last week with a graduation ceremony. The graduation program...

YMCA Hosts 80th Annual Father-Son & Family Banquet

The YMCA’s Father-Son & Family banquet began amidst the Great Depression, when a gallon of gas cost only 10 cents.  It endured through...