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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 the role of the Greenway Coordinator, which assists localities with the planning, expansion, and...

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...

Virginia Credit Union, Member One Donate $15K to Roanoke, Lynchburg Youth Programs

Virginia Credit Union and its Member One division recently donated $15,000 to two community organizations...

Roanoke’s Amazing Feet!

15,000 Roanokers will "move their feet so others can eat" as part of the sixth annual StellerOne Drumstick Dash to benefit the Rescue...

Postal Workers Go To Bat For Processing Center

by Gene Marrano Postal workers and their supporters showed up by the hundreds Monday night, packing the William Fleming High School auditorium for a...

Saint Francis Graduates Nine More Service Dogs

by Gene Marrano Carol Willoughby founded the St. Francis of Assisi Service Dogs foundation 15 years ago, but even though wheelchair-bound herself, she had...

VA Tech Campaign Raises Over $1 Billion

Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger has announced that the university has exceeded the billion goal of The Campaign for Virginia Tech:...

Habeeb Speculates on Divided Senate

by Valerie Garner Lt. Governor Bill Bolling was quick to issue a statement as soon as the mid-term elections confirmed the senate would divide...

Valley Santas Protect the Wonder and Mystery of Christmas

by Carol Kirtley The first year Valley View Mall opened; Santa said he had a three-year-old boy come up and sit on his lap....