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Roanoke Co. Hosts Public Hearing About Real Estate Tax Rate Tue. April 7

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors will host a public hearing for citizen comments on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:00 concerning 2026 real estate and personal property tax rates in Roanoke...

Carilion Expands Role in Biotechnology Innovation

Carilion Clinic today announced the launch of Usability Works at Carilion Clinic, a new usability engineering...

Statistics Prove: “Yes” Vote Is Pushing The Most Gerrymandered Map In USA

With the final day of voting, April 21, approaching, more Virginians are paying attention to...

Roanoke Animal Cancer Care and Research Center Helps Cat Reach Remission

Cynthia Sutton drives 3 ½ hours every three weeks from Big Stone Gap to Roanoke...

RCPS and Carilion Clinic Announce Long-Term Partnership

Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) and Carilion Clinic are proud to announce a long-term partnership...

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...

VT Carilion Develops Cancer Viewing Technology

by Paula Byron A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior...

Young Roanoke Scientists Engage in Sumo Robot Wars

by Beverly Amsler People of a certain age may remember Rock’ Em, Sock ‘Em Robots, made popular in the 1960s.  The toys looked like...

Former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Speaks at Jefferson Center

by Valerie Garner Chris Walters, chair of the Roanoke City Republican Committee, along with the committees from Salem, Botetourt and Roanoke County jointly organized...