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Tim Sands to step down as president of Virginia Tech
Sands, who has been at the university’s helm for 12 years, is credited with helping to land Amazon’s HQ2 project for Virginia and strengthening Virginia Tech’s ties to Roanoke’s burgeoning biomedical sector.
Politics
Key gun control bills advance in Virginia as firearm sales surge
Several bills expand restrictions on certain firearms and how they can be carried, if signed into law.
Local
Efforts to save crumbling Washington Park cottage draw a step closer to reality with financial pledge from Roanoke council
The 1840 cottage would be turned into an amphitheater under the current plan. The city voted to contributed $150,000 toward the work.
Culture
Guitar festival celebrates its 25th year of bringing musicians from around the globe to Radford
The Radford University International Guitar Festival, set for this Friday and Saturday, includes a baroque lutenist, plus Chinese performers and the guzheng, a plucked zither that originated 2,500 years ago.
education
Roanoke City School Board approves preliminary budget in preparation of cuts
The school board’s budget is not final and does not yet detail cuts to programs or personnel that will need to be made in the upcoming fiscal year, but it did include 2% raises for RCPS employees.
eCONOMY
Tech Briefs: New RAMP cohort members introduce themselves
Plus: A RAMP alumnus focused on CPR and other medical training opens its 100th location, and the Virginia Tech library system receives a grant to study AI uses.
OPinion
14 people (and one non-human) who deserve recognition in Capitol Square
Capitol Square may soon have some vacancies for more statues. Here are some that readers suggested.
Health Care
The Pulse: Carilion, Roanoke County schools expand workforce pipeline; cancer research advances; new grant supports proton therapy
Catch up on this week’s health news.
news briefs
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Sports
‘Martinsville Missile’ sets a new land speed record for a stock car
With a Henry County driver behind the wheel, the car designed and built in Martinsville broke the record of 244.9 mph with a top speed of 253 mph.
WEATHER
April set to hit dry spell after monthslong dry tilt
A rearranging atmospheric pattern over North America will park warm, dry high pressure over Virginia for several days.
Cardinal 250
Freedom was paved with confiscation
Virginia eventually seized and sold off an estimated 53,000 acres, plus personal property, which in some cases included enslaved Africans.
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