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Parkside Picks Returns May 3 with 60+ Vendors at Green Hill Park

Parkside Picks returns to Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park on Saturday, May 3 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM! As a community yard sale and flea market event, Parkside Picks...

Roanoke Youth Summit: PJ JAM Set for May 3

The annual Youth Summit hosted by the City of Roanoke is back with a brand-new...

Father, Son and Family Banquet Returns for 91st Year in Roanoke

For nearly a century, the Father, Son and Family Banquet have stood as one of...

PedalSafe ROA Announces 2025 Bike Month Events

PedalSafe ROA, a Roanoke-based safe cycling advocacy non-profit, is hosting four events in May to...

LEAP and the City of Roanoke launch Solarize Roanoke

City of Roanoke residents are invited to take advantage of the SolarizeVA program that launched...

2024 Local Heroes Series Features Statewide First Responders 

DMV Campaign Aims to Convince Virginians to Buckle Up, Slow Down and Drive Sober Before the first dispatch to the scene. Before the fire trucks...

Touch-a-Truck Returns To Green Hill Park August 10

The 13th Annual Touch-A-Truck event returns to Green Hill Park on Saturday, August 10th from 10 AM to 3 PM. This beloved family-friendly event...

‘Empty the Shelters’ Reduces Adoption Fees for Virginia Shelter Pets

BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is partnering with animal shelters across the country for its Summer...

PedalSafe ROA Receives Grant to Reconfigure Ferdinand Ave Intersections

PedalSafe ROA has been selected to receive a $15,000 Flagship Grant through the 2024 AARP Community Challenge program to reconfigure intersections along the Ferdinand Ave corridor...

Blue Ridge Parkway to Host Rule the Ridge Outreach Event

The National Park Service invites the public to visit Blue Ridge Parkway Law Enforcement Rangers and representatives from the U.S. Park Police Motorcycle Unit...

Be A Powerful Force For Good this Summer

Red Cross, in partnership with Universal Pictures’ new film, TWISTERS, encourages the public to give blood and support disaster relief this July As the...