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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...

Moore Hosts Community Meeting in New Library

by Gene Marrano One thing Cave Spring resident Charlotte Moore likes to do is inform the public she serves as a member of the...

Taubman Hosts 3rd Annual Souper Bowl to Benefit the Rescue Mission

by Beverly Amsler Winter is a great time for soup and about 500 people attended the annual Souper Bowl held at the Taubman Museum...

Jackson’s “Fix Washington Now” Tour Makes Stop in Roanoke

by Carla M. Bream U.S. Senate candidate Bishop E.W. Jackson brought his “Fix Washington Now” tour to Roanoke last week, to speak before an...

Former First Lady Roxane Gilmore Pens Book

by Carla M. Bream Virginia's former First Lady, Roxane Gatling Gilmore, has written a new book titled “Restoring the Virginia Governor's House”, about preserving...

Sixteen West Marketplace Could Be Fully Operational Soon

by Gene Marrano John Garland, president of Spectrum Design, architectural and engineering firm, has had a hand in most of the downtown renovation projects...

Elmwood Plans Revealed

by Valerie Garner Elmwood Park Redesign Moves Ahead With A Few Tweaks The first conceptual designs were presented for public input in October 2011. The...