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Govenor’s “Children’s Cabinet” Gets Eye-opener at Fallon Park
Members of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s appointed “Children’s Cabinet” were in town recently to tour Fallon Park Elementary School. The southeast Roanoke City public school has its challenges, as outlined...
Old Macdonald Had A Farm—And A Tourist Destination, And A Side Business
A report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this fall provides a detailed...
Virginia State Parks To Celebrate The New Year With “First Day Hikes “
Virginia State Parks, managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, will offer special...
Regency Room Restoration Coming
Roanoke’s longest standing fine-dining establishment gets a facelift
To mark the 75th anniversary of the...
GE Partners With Virginia Tech To Improve Wind Energy Efficiency
A new method of manufacturing wind turbine blades, used in the capturing of energy that...
Market Building Gets a Splash of Color
by Valerie Garner
The push is on, with Mayor David Bowers’ state of the city address slated to be held in “Charter Hall” in...
The World Being Changed in Roanoke
by Cheryl Hodges
“Welcome to Roanoke!” That is the greeting on the flier from World Changers to their leaders who are in Roanoke guiding...
Lichtenstein Contemplates Challenge in 19th District
by Valerie Garner
For several weeks there have been hints that Roanoke Attorney John Lichtenstein was being courted to be the Democratic challenger to...
From Prague With Love: SW VA Ballet Impresses in Europe
by Gene Marrano
Southwest Virginia Ballet artistic director Pedro Szalay didn’t tell his twelve students, age 14-18, that accompanied him to Prague in the...
Floydfest Doesn’t Happen Overnight
by Elizabeth Matthews Jones
It is early June and the dew is heavy on the tall grass of the festival grounds as 40 volunteers...
“ID3” Race is Growing Tradition
by Bill Turner
A trio of bicycle races highlighted the Fourth of July weekend in Roanoke in the annual prelude to the main weekend of the...
