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One afternoon a couple of weeks ago I decided to walk to the local branch of the library. My route took me past a building that houses feder...

Digital Madness!!! My neighbor called me the other night to ask if I could come over and replace the cartridge in her printer.  "Sur...

Photo:  The Weather Channel  http://www.weather.com/news/photos-winter-storm-janus-pounds-northeast-mid-atlantic-20140121 Baby, it'...

Our January cover story, Fit for Business , takes a look at some of the many kinds of fitness centers and exercise programs available to tho...

Valley Business FRONT is excited about our new collaboration with WSLS, the local NBC affiliate.  We are taking stories from the pages of th...

It might surprise you to know that the "partial shutdown" impacts our area in more ways than you think.  If you have the perceptio...

Volume V of the Valley Business Front is complete (October 2012-September 2013). You can vote for your favorite cover or your top cho...

  ...what you need to know and how to have "the talk". Statistics show that most drivers will outlive their ability to dr...

Guest Interview with Ed Elswick  Is it necessary to introduce a resolution in Roanoke County that effectively restates rights already...

  Photo:  Tom Field Our August story "Caught in the collecting web", featured Charlotte's Web, one of the many venues ...

Photo:  Mike Wilson Our August story on agritourism featured four farm operations in the Roanoke and New River Valleys, but there are ma...

    Photo:  stock image Did the FRONT article on charitable funding inspire you to become more involved in philanthropy in the R...

Charles Steger Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger has announced his intention to step down as university president. The universi...

Don Lorton After more than four decades of service to Carilion Clinic and Virginia health care, Donald E. Lorton  is retiring.  After t...

NanoSpin's team won for a cooling system. The VT KnowledgeWorks Fifth Annual Entrepreneurship Challenge’s Tech Transfer Challenge ha...

Advance CEO Darren Jackson Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts, an automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories, and m...

Interactive Achievement in downtown Roanoke. Interactive Achievement, creator of standards-based instructional improvement software, t...

Freedom First Credit Union (FFCU), along with the City of Roanoke and the West End Center for Youth, held a groundbreaking ceremony toda...

The Business Lounge in downtown Roanoke, in conjunction with VT KnowledgeWorks of Blacksburg, is sponsoring a Startup Readiness Workshop on ...

The subsidiary of a Mexican agricultural leader will create 205 new jobs and invest a total of $30 million to establish its first U.S. hig...