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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...

Festivus: A Slightly Different Holiday Party

by Gene Marrano It was indeed “A Festivus for the Rest of Us,” a Christmas party perhaps like no other at Kirk Avenue Music...

Cave Spring Downs Radford 61-50 In Non-District Basketball

by Bill Turner Cave Spring overcame a 10-point deficit in the second quarter by going on an 18-0 run as the Knights defeated Radford...

Buy-Sell Agreements: Every Business Needs One

A buy-sell agreement is a contract by which the owners of a business address the circumstances under which they can and must sell...

City Council Weighs In On Parkway

by Valerie Garner A General Management Plan is being finalized that will preserve resources and manage access routes to the 76 year-old Blue Ridge...

Western District U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $15.5 Million

U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy’s office has reported that the Western District of Virginia collected .5 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 related...

Tech Research Team Explores How Microbial Diversity Defends Against Disease

by Susan Trulove Amphibians are among the most threatened creatures on earth, with some 40 percent of amphibian species threatened or endangered. One of...