Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 8/7 to 8/14. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Food Access In Roanoke's West End, Local Grocery Store Leaps into Action LEAP now operates a brick-and-mortar store at its Patterson Avenue headquarters where it hosts weekly farmers markets.
Housing Roanoke's Revised Zoning Reforms Still Face Pushback — from Plaintiffs and City Council Candidates City Council is expected in September to again consider recently approved reforms that end exclusively single-family zoning.
Ramblings Ramblings: Williamson Road's Future Sought; New Director Takes on Addiction Response; Jeffrey To Pay Restitution 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 7/31 to 8/7. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Politics Disparate Roanoke City Council Candidates Find Unity in Bashing Evans Spring Plan None of the candidates has been elected to City Council before, and many found common ground in attacking the status quo.
Business Former Local Roots Employees Await Payment After Roanoke Restaurant Closed Abruptly The Grandin Village restaurant is awaiting a federal tax credit in order to make employees whole, according to a former owner.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 7/24 to 7/31. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Racial justice At Roanoke's Historically Black Old Lick Cemetery, New Caretakers Confront Old Sins In recent years, a group of churchgoers has been tending to the cemetery, a "gaping wound" of Roanoke's urban renewal history.
Business Local Roots, Pioneer in Roanoke's Farm-to-Table Restaurant Scene, Closes The restaurant, which first opened in 2007, made no public announcement about the sudden closure.
Ramblings Ramblings: Carilion Cancer Center To Break Ground; New Roanoke Voter Registrar Named; Fishburn Cottage Work Delayed 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 7/17 to 7/24. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Investigation 'I Don't Have Any Confidence': Here's Why Transportation Museum Board Resignations Leave the Nonprofit Reeling Former board members cited concerns over the direction and financial health of Roanoke's Virginia Museum of Transportation.
Education As Roanoke School District Aims To Limit Cell Phones, Governor Orders Statewide Policies A Roanoke school district group recommends different policies around cell phone use for K-8 students and high school students.
Neighborhoods Claytor Clinic Gains State Historical Marker, But Future of Gainsboro Property Unclear Gainsboro's historic Claytor Clinic has gained statewide recognition, but breakdowns over city negotiations leave the property's fate uncertain.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 7/10 to 7/17. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
City Hall 'It Makes Us Look Like Fools': Riverdale Developer Urged Roanoke Council Not To 'Fire' City Manager, Emails Show Other Roanoke developers expressed mixed feelings about Bob Cowell’s departure, with a couple saying it was time the city manager moved on.
