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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...

Ceremony To Be Held At Roanoke County Veterans Monument

The public is invited to a Veterans Day Ceremony at the “High Ground” Veterans Monument in Vinton on Friday, November 11 at 11...

Traditional Power

Ferrum College’s 38th annual Blue Ridge Folklife Festival presented a variety of new workshops as well as the Ferrum museum’s new operating moonshine...

Elmwood Park Master Plan Starts to Take Shape

by Gene Marrano What do Roanoke City residents want Elmwood Park to look like after its proposed multi-million dollar makeover? What should the redesigned...

A Circus Like No Other

by Gene Marrano The first annual Roanoke Outdoor Circus last weekend demonstrated all things outdoors. “We pretty much planned this from start to finish,”...

Marching Virginians Remember One of Their Own

by Gary Cope Mary Osburn had always sat in the stands with her husband as the Hokies stormed the field at Lane Stadium. At...

Girl Scout Earns Highest Award

As you wander along the Roanoke River Greenway in Salem, you can read interpretive signs about geology, storm-water runoff, plastics, Totera Town and...