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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...

VCE and Roanoke City Offer Leadership Program

by Valerie Garner Since the fall of 2003 the city, through Neighborhood Services, has offered its residents biannual Leadership College classes. Leadership College is...

Tech Unveils Powerful New Supercomputer for the Masses

by Steven Mackey Virginia Tech crashed the supercomputing arena in 2003 with System X, a machine that placed the university among the world’s top...

Chilly Day With Warm Hearts Marks MLK Celebration

by Valerie Garner The chilly air and gray skies did not diminish the proud smiling faces of the young and the not so young...

Fourth Quarter Defense Leads PH to 60-54 Win Over Fleming

by Bill Turner Scoring droughts can be problematic in the early going. They can be decisive in the fourth quarter.  Such was the play Tuesday...

Taylor Brings Experience To The Table As Raider’s Defensive Coordinator

by Bill Turner Shannon Taylor obviously has a head for football, and the experience at various levels to back it up. The former University of...

Free Electronics Recycling Collection Available January 21st

5R Processors, Ltd. of Ladysmith, WI is partnering with Valley View Mall and Roanoke College to provide the Roanoke area the opportunity to...