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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...

YMCA Gets A Face Lift

The face of the YMCA will be changing for the first time in 43 years as the YMCA adopts an all-new logo and...

Fishburn Park Librarian Receives Surprise $1,000 Check

The Greater Raleigh Court Civic League along with Superintendent Rita Bishop made a surprise check presentation of ,000 to Fishburn Park Library Media...

Farm Organization Wants Sunday Hunting Ban Upheld

Allowing Sunday hunting would create a lose-lose situation for Virginia citizens, and the state’s largest farm advocacy group continues to oppose it. “Virginia Farm...

VT Carilion Reports Group Settings Can Diminish Expressions of Intelligence

In the classic film "12 Angry Men," Henry Fonda's character sways a jury with his quiet, persistent intelligence. But would he have succeeded...

Choir Workshop to Be Followed By Brotherhood Concert

Registration is open  for a music workshop for church choir members to be held Saturday, Feb. 25, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in...

Capturing The “Joy of Roanoke”

An audience in the main studio of WDBJ-7 in Roanoke prepares to watch “The Hour of Joy” with former News Journalist Joy Sutton...