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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...

RAYSAC Hopes More Schools Join After Prom Program

Prom season is just around the corner, and RAYSAC - Roanoke Area Youth Substance Abuse Coalition is already raising funds to support the...

State Budget Tinkering Impacts Schools

by Valerie Garner The regular session of the Virginia legislature concluded late Saturday night with a watered down transportation bill void of any serious...

Salem’s Seibert Named Superintendent of the Year

It has been said that the true measure of a man is defined by how he treats others and by what others who...

The Time Is Now For Your New Beginning

Daylight savings time is here and Spring is just around the corner so Summer isn’t far behind. Soon there will be no more...

Award Winning Roanoke Student Turns Big Ideas Into Musical Reality

by Beverly Amsler Locher Grove had a dream; to provide one set of musical instruments for Roanoke City elementary schools.  The Patrick Henry senior...

Kids Get New Head Gear

by Lynn A. Nystrom The Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences has announced the first-ever publication with data...