Henri Gendreau - The Roanoke Rambler

For Roanoke's Forgotten Dead, City Makes Final Arrangements

When a person dies in Roanoke and officials can’t find the person’s family, it becomes the city's responsibility to arrange for a cremation.

Roanoke City Council is mulling a sale of the house after an effort to sell the property five years ago fell through.

The effort marks a shift in city thinking from a focus on downtown to revitalizing neighborhood centers across Roanoke.

“Virginian women should be glad that the Democrats are still in charge of the General Assembly,” Sen. John Edwards, D-Roanoke, said.

Southwest Roanoke residents have rallied around fears that developer Robert Fralin will pitch again before City Council a twice-rejected proposal.

A new partnership will allow Roanoke farmer Cameron Terry to consolidate his patch of backyard plots into a 3.5-acre plot in Northwest Roanoke.

Officials who track homelessness are finding more people eschewing shelter life in favor of living outdoors.

Libraries across the Roanoke Valley are preparing to eliminate late fines, making permanent a policy put in place during the pandemic.

War on Books is a pop-up, mobile bookstore focused on just the kind of controversial literature being challenged across the country.