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Alumni Offer Words of Advice to Soon-To-Be Hokie Grads

Virginia Tech’s campuses will soon welcome family, friends, and visitors to celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of new Hokie graduates during spring 2024 commencement ceremonies. Employees working in the Division of Campus...

Kaine / Warner Vote For Warrantless Spying On Americans But Against Trial Of Impeached Official

On April 12, the House of Representatives voted 273-147 to continue for two years a...

Roanoke Co., Botetourt, Vinton Host Forums To Discuss High-Crash Locations

Roanoke County, Botetourt County and the Town of Vinton are collaborating on a  Comprehensive Safety...

What All Dog Owners Should Know About Lyme Disease

As Lyme disease cases rise in the U.S., humans are not the only ones at...

Debate Continues on Virginia Bill to Legalize Physician-assisted Death 

Both sides of medical aid in dying bill emphasize respect for human lives George Michael Vasiloff...

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...

DISTRACTED DRIVING: Bill Seeks To Ban Holding Cellphones While Driving

Karen Giles was proud of her 30 years as a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician, her daughter said, until she was killed last...