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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...

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...

Digital Bookmobile Displays Latest Library Technology

by Beverly Amsler This isn’t the bookmobile from your youth, lined with dozens of books.  Instead, this 74-foot, 18-wheel tractor trailer is lined with...

Cave Spring Looks Imposing In River Ridge Volleyball Openers

by Bill Turner Cave Spring improved to 12-1 overall and 3-0 in River Ridge District volleyball after convincing wins over Pulaski County and Blacksburg. Shannon...