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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...

Congressman Goodlatte Visits West End Center for Youth

In keeping with the implementation of West End Center’s latest ‘Leadership Initiative’, Rep. Bob Goodlatte stopped by on Monday, November 28th to demonstrate...

Richfield Retirement to Honor 90-Year-Old Chaplain for Service

Described as a “gift from God” by one Richfield Retirement resident, Chaplain Tom Clay lives a life of service, touching the lives of...

Wall To Wall Gingerbread!

The Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce held its annual Gingerbread House competition last weekend, with contestants showing off their confectionery designs - all...

Roanoke Census Data Shows Increase in Bicycle, Carpool and Bus Commuting

An analysis of the most recent American Community Survey data for 2010 shows that the number of commuters who have identified carpooling, bicycling,...

The All American Tree

The “Fashions for Evergreens” event underway at The Hotel Roanoke is an annually celebrated Christmas tree competition featuring more than 27 professionally designed...

Cuccinelli To Cross Examine Candidates

by Valerie Garner Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, along with two other attorneys general, will cross-examine five of eight Republican presidential primary candidates Saturday,...