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Inspiration, Perspiration, and Transformation

Four women share their stories of how they took control of their health and happiness with a gastric sleeve or bypass surgery.

Where Will the Patients Go?

Virginia hospitals and clinics are nervous with good reasons these days. Medicaid and Medicare are under fire.

Perimenopause: A Season of Change

There is a moment women reach when something begins to feel different. They may find themselves wondering, “What is happening to me?”

2026 Best Of Roanoke Winners

This year’s Best of Roanoke Readers’ Pollis officially our biggest and best yet!

Web Exclusive: More Photos from Our Christmas Lights Preview

Here’s a look at just a few spots to get you ready for the season. Think your holiday decorations are better? Send us your photos for a chance top have them featured online or in a future issue!

Places You Never Go — Virginia Tech’s Locker Room (Circa 2012)

It is the inner sanctum of Virginia Tech Football. It’s where players contemplate. Coaches motivate. And, if it’s a good season we hope for, winners celebrate. Includes photos not seen in our September/October issue!

“Good Bones” – Ranch Reborn Under Design Couple

John and Theresa Dorlini – architect and interior designer respectively – took a sturdy four-bedroom, three-bath, 1960s ranch and made it distinctively their own.

Passivhaus National Groundbreakers are in Roanoke

Adam Cohen and Steven Strauss of Stuctures Design Build are not just near-evangelical about the “green” Passivhaus design, they are also actively putting up structures employing its tenets.

Bedford’s Only Passivhaus Exceeds Expectations

Jason Specht has placed thermometers all around the home he and his wife Stephanie built with Passivhaus technologies – just part of the package of steps and techniques that has kept energy costs in the $40-$50 per-month range.

Smith Mountian Lake Dream Home

Retired Major General Galen Jackman and his wife Cathy looked at countless homes at their desired location of Smith Mountain Lake before finding their “forever” home, and at the right price.

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Inspiration, Perspiration, and Transformation

Four women share their stories of how they took control of their health and happiness with a gastric sleeve or bypass surgery.
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Where Will the Patients Go?

Virginia hospitals and clinics are nervous with good reasons these days. Medicaid and Medicare are under fire.
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Perimenopause: A Season of Change

There is a moment women reach when something begins to feel different. They may find themselves wondering, “What is happening to me?”
The Roanoker May June 2026 Best Of Roanoke Editors Note

2026 Best Of Roanoke Winners

This year’s Best of Roanoke Readers’ Pollis officially our biggest and best yet!
It’s a Blue blue Christmas at the corner of Colony Court and Colony Lane.

Web Exclusive: More Photos from Our Christmas Lights Preview

Here’s a look at just a few spots to get you ready for the season. Think your holiday decorations are better? Send us your photos for a chance top have them featured online or in a future issue!
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Places You Never Go — Virginia Tech’s Locker Room (Circa 2012)

It is the inner sanctum of Virginia Tech Football. It’s where players contemplate. Coaches motivate. And, if it’s a good season we hope for, winners celebrate. Includes photos not seen in our September/October issue!
Husband and wife team John and Theresa Dorlini have taken a sturdy ranch with "good bones" and transformed it into a home distinctively their own.

“Good Bones” – Ranch Reborn Under Design Couple

John and Theresa Dorlini – architect and interior designer respectively – took a sturdy four-bedroom, three-bath, 1960s ranch and made it distinctively their own.
Adam Cohen and Steven Strauss of Structures.

Passivhaus National Groundbreakers are in Roanoke

Adam Cohen and Steven Strauss of Stuctures Design Build are not just near-evangelical about the “green” Passivhaus design, they are also actively putting up structures employing its tenets.
The Specht home is the only Passivhaus structure in Bedford County.

Bedford’s Only Passivhaus Exceeds Expectations

Jason Specht has placed thermometers all around the home he and his wife Stephanie built with Passivhaus technologies – just part of the package of steps and techniques that has kept energy costs in the $40-$50 per-month range.
The Jackman home is in Contentment Island at the lake.

Smith Mountian Lake Dream Home

Retired Major General Galen Jackman and his wife Cathy looked at countless homes at their desired location of Smith Mountain Lake before finding their “forever” home, and at the right price.
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