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Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 1/26 to 2/2.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Morale Low at Salem Schools As Teachers Point To High School Principal, Competitive Race for Roanoke Council, and More

A toxic workplace environment alleged at Salem City schools; Roanoke City Council race; new poetry.

Poetry

Dante's Tombs

Seven hundred years ago, / Dante died in exile in Ravenna / and was buried there.

Ramblings

Ramblings: Roanoke City Scraps Employee Vaccine Mandate; New Candidate Enters Council Race; More Bills From Local Lawmakers

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 1/19 to 1/26.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Reimagined Catawba Hospital Plan Would Expand Rehab, New LGBTQ Group Debuts in SWVA, Covid Cases Rise, and More

A reimagined Catawba Hospital for addiction treatment; new LGBTQ group focuses on SWVA; Spike in Covid cases.

Ramblings

Ramblings: COVID-19 Prompts Record-High Hospitalizations; Bills from Local Legislators; AG Says Youngkin Can't Ditch RGGI

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 1/12 to 1/19.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Roanoke Homeless Pushed Out of Downtown, Bag Fee Targets Plastic Waste, 'Thirdly' Report

New laws for 2022 push homeless out of Roanoke downtown; impose plastic bag fee to reduce waste.

Ramblings

Ramblings: Covid Cases Could Affect Roanoke City Services; Pay Set for Sheriff, Revenue Czar; Real Estate Values Soar

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 1/5 to 1/12.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Special Literary Issue to Close Out 2021: New (and Old) Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry

A short story from 1911; creative essays on un/happiness and war; new fiction and poetry.

Fiction

The Mountaineer and His Dog

It was late in October, and the Carolina mountains were dressed in the gorgeous reds and yellows of autumn.

Poetry

Pushing Eighty

Months away, but the milestone looms.

Essay

Vivid Tales of War and Miracles

One day, I was taken from the village by the blue-eyed soldiers. They had set up camp in the nearby woods.

Fiction

The Claw Beneath the Sea

People had known about the Claw beneath the sea for years, passing its story down again and again.

Essay

The Tail of the Snake

The attachment of unhappiness to happiness, like the head of the snake to its tail, did seem to be the moral of the story, however, when I acquired my dream car.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 12/29/21 to 1/5/22.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.