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Lawmakers Reconvene to Tackle Governor’s Changes; Set Budget Special Session Date
The General Assembly reconvened April 17 for legislators to address 116 of the governor’s bill recommendations, and decide how to tackle his 242 budget amendments.
Democrats did not attempt to...
Fralin Biomedical Institute Takes Aim at Tobacco Use, Cancer Rates and Informing Policy
Open-water swimming requires athletes to take into account a wide number of variables. Roberta Freitas-Lemos...
Roanoke County Taxes / Budgeting Play Role In Vinton GOP Primary
Many now feel the pain of inflation while buying daily items like gas, restaurant meals...
DMV Urges Virginians to Prioritize Pedestrian Safety Behind The Wheel
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is asking for drivers to help keep pedestrians...
Forest Service / Partners Release Elk From Kentucky Into West Virginia
Elk have been a staple at Kentucky’s Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area for...
Virginia Tethering Bill Adds New Protections For Animals Kept Outside
Animal rights advocates want lawmakers to advance legislation that expands on a tethering bill passed last year by the General Assembly. The new legislation...
VA Tech Study Provides First Data on Concussion Risk in Youth Football
For decades, there’s been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth football players are more vulnerable to concussion...
VT Research Bridges Gap Between Technology and Farmers In The Field
Hovering between the clouds and the cows, Wyatt Bunn keeps a stealthy eye on his family’s cattle.
“When I fly by, they don’t notice it,...
Planning Organization Explores Ways to Keep the Valley Congestion Free
Congestion Management Process seeks public input on potential congestion hotspots
By most objective measures the Roanoke Valley doesn’t feel the same traffic pain as many...
Bill Defining Milk Aims to Give Dairy VA Farmers Supermarket Advantage
As people drink less dairy milk and some turn to plant-based alternatives such as oat, soy and almond milk, dairy farmers say they're struggling....
Roanoke To Host Tech Old Guard Society of Golden Alumni Reunion
Virginia Tech will celebrate its Old Guard Society of Golden Alumni Reunion May 21-23 in Roanoke.
The reunion is for all alumni who graduated in 1969 and...
