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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...
Eat for Education Surpasses Estimate
In April Roanoke City’s director of finance Ann Shawver thought it “prudent to be conservative” in projecting sales tax revenue for fiscal year 2011....
Bus Tour Criticizes Big Government, Spending, Democrat Incumbents
Americans for Prosperity bills itself as an organization that wants Washington to put the brakes on any additional budget busting legislation. “We need to...
Troutville’s “Friends of the Park” Finds Ways to Fund Gazebo
The power of Cat's Meow may not be known to everyone, but obviously it is a mighty force. In Troutville the little collectibles recently...
Filming for “Lake Effects” to Begin
Smith Mountain Lake will soon hit the big screen. Filming for the movie "Lake Effects" begins October 5th and will last until the end...
Roanoke Fire-EMS Receives Pet Oxygen Masks
Roanoke Fire-EMS has teamed up with Invisible Fence Brand’s Project Breathe Initiative. This project supplies local fire departments with pet oxygen masks, specially designed...
Tech Plans For Strategic Growth
At their regularly scheduled meeting this month, Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors approved a resolution that would authorize the university to create a new...