Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Gun Panel Eyes Legislative Fixes, Police Chief Survey Opens, Fishburn Park Coffee Shop Plan Advances 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 8/16 to 8/23. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
City Hall As Washington Park Swimming Pool Looms, Roanoke Residents, City Leaders Tussle Over Cottage The sudden activism around the cottage prompted visible frustration among some city leaders and members of City Council.
Climate Crisis Roanoke Council Moves To Fold Climate Change Action Into City's Master Plan City Council disagreed whether to adopt the plan sooner as a standalone or to formally incorporate it later into the city’s master plan.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 8/9 to 8/16. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Policing Roanoke Valley Police Have New Helpers Responding to 911 Calls: Mental Health Therapists The Marcus Alert system, created by the Virginia General Assembly in 2020, went live last month in the Roanoke Valley.
Addiction Drug Recovery Home Moves Into Longtime Roanoke Homeless Shelter That Shuttered Trust House, which focused on veteran homelessness, has become a 26-bed halfway house from Anderson and Associates.
Ramblings Ramblings: Bus Advocates Hold Disability Awareness Ride; 22 Apply To Be Roanoke Police Chief; White-Boyd Trails in Money Race 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 8/2 to 8/9. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
City Hall Northwest Roanoke Residents Weigh In on Scaled-Back Eureka Park Recreation Center Upgrade Roanoke is planning a $13 million upgrade of the recreation center, the largest spending project the parks department has ever undertaken.
Neighborhoods Roanoke Neighborhood Leaders Ousted Over Fishburn Park Cottage Brouhaha, Claim Removal Vote Was 'Unlawful' Owen McGuire and Freeda Cathcart of the Grandin Court Neighborhood Association were removed in a 63-25 vote.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke County Schools Move on Trans Policy; Kayak Park Design Revealed; National Night Out Planned 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 7/26 to 8/2. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
City Hall Roanoke’s Equity Board Regroups After Departures, Controversy Left It Flailing City Council’s advocacy against police reform laws sparked controversy and spurred some departures from the board.
Economy Is Roanoke's Regional Tourism Group Doing Enough for City? Some on Council Wonder. Roanoke City Council is revisiting its 10-year-old agreement with Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Greenway Connects to Salem; Wasena Bridge Project Advances; Gainsboro Hub Plan Adopted 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 7/19 to 7/26. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
