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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...

Amazon Loophole Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee

Legislation to close the ‘Amazon loophole’ in Virginia unanimously passed the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.  Senate Bill 597, sponsored by Senator Frank...

Bayla Sussman’s Very Chocolate-Flavored World

It’s around 1 in the afternoon and a gentleman from Botetourt County has just stepped into Baylee’s Best Chocolates, located in southwest Roanoke...

A Little Ice Anyone?

So far the winter of 2011-12 has been a bust for ice and snow lovers. Ski resorts in the mid-Atlantic states are singing...

Redevelopment Leaders Star at Regional Forum

by Gene Marrano For the past two-plus years, the Roanoke Regional Forum has brought dialogue and interesting speakers to the dais, as a joint...

VWCC Library Makeover A Hit With Students

by Gene Marrano Libraries are not just places where one checks out books anymore, lets face it. They are also community centers, social spots,...

Progress At Countryside Coming Slowly

by Valerie Garner Roanoke City Planning Administrator Chris Chittum was pleased by the response he received to the initial sketches of the new park,...