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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...

New Food Trucks Serve Up Quality Mobile Fare

by Beverly Amsler Roanoke is now home to two food trucks, which peddle their very different types of foods in parking lots and on...

Ice Advocates Say Rink Will Fill Void In Roanoke

by Valerie Garner Dr. Matt Skelton, co-vice president of Roanoke Valley Ice Advocates, a non-profit organization, said Monday that they are still searching for...

Former First Lady Anne Holton Tours Downtown Roanoke Businesses

by Valerie Garner Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine is getting help with his campaign from his most avid supporter...

The Top Ten Things You Never Knew About Camp

Camp has become a staple of the summer season. Each year, millions of children, youth, and adults head to the hills, lakes, valleys,...

Kaine Makes Case to Roanoke Chamber

by Valerie Garner Tim Kaine told 22 members of the Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning that Virginia would bear the brunt of...

Abingdon Farmer to Seek Democratic Nomination for Congressional 9th District

Abingdon Farmer Anthony Flaccavento has announced his candidacy for the Democratic  nomination for the 9th Congressional district in southwest Virginia.  The announcement took...