Registration for after school and before school care programs are now open in our region.

A sport that’s all the rage lately, pickleball, is growing in the Roanoke Valley.

The Miss Virginia competition is back in Roanoke after a four year long hiatus. Bringing with it, Miss America, former Miss Virginia and Virginia Tech graduate, Camile Schrier.

ROANOKE, Va. Budget cuts are causing Roanoke City pools to stay closed the rest of the summer. On Thursday the fundraising group Keep Roanoke city pools open announced it is donating $20,000 dollars to the Kirk Family YMCA to provide 125 people with swim lessons. In addition to helping the city reopen pools next summer, the money will pay for the swim lessons now. Staff at the YMCA will work with the department of health to make sure the swim lessons can be taught safely under any guidelines set by the state. The first session of swim lessons will begin in August.

ROANOKE, Va. - Today, Wednesday, Nov. 6 is National Stress Awareness Day. For many of us, knowing you're stressed isn't the problem, it's knowing how to deal with your stress. 10 News reporter Megan Woods spent the morning at Kirk Family YMCA in Downtown Roanoke learning yoga techniques that can help release stress. Kirk Family YMCA hosts a list of yoga classes including a chair yoga class for those who aren't very mobile. Kirk Family YMCA does offer financial assistance.