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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...

A Resolution From Your Pharmacist: Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet

As the New Year begins, and healthy resolutions are made, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is encouraging Americans to clean out their medicine...

City Invites Residents to be “Mile Markers”

Have you made your New Year's Resolution yet? If not, The Roanoke City Parks and Recreation Department is asking Roanokers to consider participating...

Raising Money Savvy Kids

Helping the next generation of entrepreneurs get started today from setting up a lemonade stand on the corner to creating smartphone apps, kids...

Hanging in There

2011 was a tough year economically for the nation and Roanoke Valley residents weren’t able to dodge the worst of it relative to...

Innovative New Library Arrives This Week

by Gene Marrano A day that has long been on many people’s wish list, let alone long on the drawing board, finally arrives on...

Family Service Celebrates 110 Years Of Healing

by Carol Kirtley In 1967 a young couple was struggling with money issues as well as a six-month old child and their relationship was...