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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...

Rasoul Making Run at Mayor’s Office

by Gene Marrano Sam Rasoul knows a thing or two about fighting uphill political battles. In 2008 he took on Bob Goodlatte, running as...

Bowers Takes Challenge Seriously

by Valerie Garner At a fundraiser this week Incumbent Mayor David Bowers told his supporters to tell their friends to, “Vote for someone who...

Roanoke City Annual Homeless Count – A Place To Call Home

by Valerie Garner Forty dedicated volunteers assembled at Green Memorial Methodist Church Sunday afternoon for a two-hour training session preparing them to hit the...

Councilman Lea Kicks Off Campaign

by Valerie Garner It is campaign season in Roanoke City and for the moment the Democrats seem to have the upper hand with their...

Greenway Expansion Connects County to Salem

by Beverly Amsler The latest leg of the Roanoke River Greenway is under construction, after a ground breaking held at Riverside Park in Salem...

Roanoke Misses Out On Solstas Lab Expansion

by Valerie Garner Few people know it but Roanoke has recently been involved in a high stakes economic play for 500 jobs. Solstas Lab...