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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...

Harrington Family Announces Launch of National Campaign

The parents of murdered college student Morgan Dana Harrington have developed a website called HelpSaveTheNextGirl.com and are promoting the effort through multiple media...

Angels Of Assisi Adoption

by Cheryl Hodges Lots of furry friends were visiting Southwest County last Saturday as Angels of Assisi & Barn Cat Buddies partnered with the...

Roanoke County Increases On-Time Graduation Rate

The Virginia Department of Education has released the 2011 “On-Time Graduation Rates” (OTGR) for Virginia’s public schools showiing that Roanoke County Public Schools’...

Not Your Average Dollhouse

by Cheryl Hodges Back in 1983, then 56-year-old Catherine Nofsinger was hard at work on her burgeoning masterpiece—a detailed wooden rendition of “a Charleston...

Goodlatte Pursues Balanced Budget

by Valerie Garner Using charts to illustrate his point that the federal government’s $14 trillion debt is unsustainable, Republican 6th District Congressman Bob Goodlatte...

Supervisor Hopefuls Answer Questions

by Gene Marrano With Election Day – November 8 – just a month away, voters in two Roanoke County magisterial districts will have to...