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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...

Literacy Organization Sets Roanoke “Spelling Bee World Series”

Can you spell “cat”?  What about “dockwalloper”?  Or “meerschaum”? Whether or not you can, Literacy Volunteers of Roanoke Valley wants you to join in...

Help For Addiction

by Paula Byron C.W. started getting high when he was only 13. “I started off sniffing gasoline out of a lawn mower, then moved...

Roanoke Officials and Citizens Get a Whiff of Urban Chicken Farming

by Valerie Garner What to do with the Countryside golf course that Roanoke City purchased for $4.1 million in 2005 ... The conundrum has...

This One’s For The Dogs

by Beverly Amsler It was a dog-gone good day.  Canines and their human companions gave the new Salem Rotary Dog Park two paws up...

“Occupy Roanoke” Takes It To Wall Street Under Watchful Eyes

There were ominous lookouts stationed in the upper floors over the Cornerstone Bar and Grill downtown last week … police officers taking pictures...

Big Pine Provisions Promotes Healthier Home-Grown Dining

by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. As a child in Richmond, Katherine Chewning, manager of the Big Pine Provisions Restaurant at 501 Campbell Avenue in...