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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...

Smith Takes 19th District, Head Fills 17th HOD

by Valerie Garner Senator Ralph Smith cruised to victory on Tuesday night as did Republican Chris Head, who won easily over Democrat Freeda Cathcart...

State of The Art Simulator Readies Snow Plow Drivers

The snow will be here before you know it and recently some snowplow operators got first-hand simulation training to help them prepare for...

Energy Expo Highlights Wind Power and Bee Farming Challenges

About 1500 people attended the annual Energy Expo at the Roanoke Civic Center last weekend. Ray Ganthner, Chairman of the Virginia Energy Independence Alliance,...

Revamped Big Lick Breakfast Club Focuses on Giving

by Cheryl Hodges Retooling a former Kiwanis affiliated group was a big step for Bob Bersch and his longtime Kiwanis comrades, but they are...

Edwards Pledges To Keep Up Good Fight

by Gene Marrano John Edwards was returned to the Virginia State Senate on Tuesday with a solid win over Republican challenger Dave Nutter. The...

Status Quo Holds In County Races

by Gene Marrano Butch Church summed it up this way after beating back a strong challenge from two contenders: “I feel pretty good right...