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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...

General Assembly Passes Property Rights Amendment

The Virginia Senate and House of Delegates have passed identical resolutions for a constitutional amendment that would protect citizens' private property rights against...

Stressed Out? You’re Not Alone . . .

by Lindsay Key Imagine an environment filled with wind, storms, predators, noise, and limited food and shelter. Then imagine providing and caring for a...

A Little Bit of Everything At Tinkerings

by Mary Campagna When you think of craft stores, you usually don’t think of Diego Velasquez’ famous painting, “Las Meninas,” resurrected in an artistically...

Train Lovers Day Brings in Rail Fans

by Beverly Amsler Hundreds of people braved frigid, windy weather to attend the second Train Lovers Day at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in...

Roanoke City Incentives Help Advance Auto Add 75 New Jobs

by Beverly Amsler Advance Auto, a publicly traded company based in Roanoke, announced last week that they would add 75 jobs and invest $8...

Bowers Wins Firehouse Primary

by Valerie Garner Incumbent Mayor David Bowers handily defeated his Democrat challenger Sam Rasoul by a vote of 867 to 526. The total votes...