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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...

Board Revisits Voting Precinct Reduction

by Valerie Garner In September 2011 Electoral Board member Melvin Williams presented a plan to combine six Roanoke City voting precincts. At the time,...

Roanoke County Starts New Year With New Library

Roanoke County opened its first headquarters library in almost 40 years on Wednesday with a brief dedication ceremony. The “South County,” as the...

Science Museum Director Sees Tech Partnership as “Wave of the Future”

by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. As Jim Rollings, the new executive director of the Science Museum of Western Virginia explains it, the museum needed to...

Literacy Organization Takes New Name

To reflect the growth in programs and in geographical outreach beyond the Roanoke Valley, the area’s largest non-profit adult literacy program has adopted...

Eye Care Specialists Come Together To Meet Emergency Needs

Carilion Clinic, Vistar Eye Center, Eye Care & Surgery and Blue Ridge Eye Center will collaborate to provide emergency and in-patient eye care...

Caregiver Stress Addressed in New Study

by Beverly Amsler Caring for a spouse or elderly parent could put you at greater risk for becoming sick or developing a disease.  That's...