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Roanoke Co. Hosts Public Hearing About Real Estate Tax Rate Tue. April 7

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors will host a public hearing for citizen comments on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:00 concerning 2026 real estate and personal property tax rates in Roanoke...

Carilion Expands Role in Biotechnology Innovation

Carilion Clinic today announced the launch of Usability Works at Carilion Clinic, a new usability engineering...

Statistics Prove: “Yes” Vote Is Pushing The Most Gerrymandered Map In USA

With the final day of voting, April 21, approaching, more Virginians are paying attention to...

Roanoke Animal Cancer Care and Research Center Helps Cat Reach Remission

Cynthia Sutton drives 3 ½ hours every three weeks from Big Stone Gap to Roanoke...

RCPS and Carilion Clinic Announce Long-Term Partnership

Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) and Carilion Clinic are proud to announce a long-term partnership...

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...

Roanoke Receives Accolades for “Eat for Education” Campaign

To see real leadership in action, our dysfunctional leaders in D.C. should drive down Interstate 81 to Roanoke, Va. Roanoke's schools were taking multiple...

LewisGale Physicians Help Make Christmas Brighter

Hundreds of toys were delivered last week to children in one of the nation’s poorest communities, McDowell County, West Virginia.  Doctors and staff...

Former Office Manager Pleads Guilty To Medicaid Fraud

A former office manager at Health Care Virginia (HCVA) pled guilty to defrauding Medicaid in the United States District Court for the Western...
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