LGBTQ Roanoke's Drag Scene Is Booming, and Performers Are Taking the Show on the Road Drag performances have become increasingly common in Roanoke and beyond, with performances at breweries, coffee shops and hip new restaurants.
Transportation Roanoke Heralds Completion of Long-Awaited Downtown Bus Station Roanoke's $14-million downtown transit center has been four years in the making.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Schools Change Schedule for Buses; Suetterlein Wins Cash Haul; Ceremony To Rename Street 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 6/14 to 6/21. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Housing Roanoke Started a Land Bank in 2019. It's Just Now Getting Off the Ground. Officials hope a change to the program run by the nonprofit Total Action for Progress will get more abandoned homes restored.
Gun violence Roanoke Expands Youth Curfew To Prevent Gun Violence, Despite Tepid Public Response The new provision, which will expire at the end of August, adds an extra hour of curfew to those aged 13 and under.
Ramblings Ramblings: Virginia Children's Theatre Launches 'Urgent' Need for Funds, Roanoke Fire-EMS Demand Up, Edwards Endorses 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 6/7 to 6/14. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Homelessness Roanoke Valley Homelessness Count Reflects Highest Annual Increase Since 2007 While homelessness has declined in the region since it peaked in 2009, this January’s point-in-time count reflects a 54-percent increase, the sharpest yet.
Interview 6 Questions with DeAnthony Pierce, Candidate for Roanoke, New River State Senate Seat In advance of the June 20 Democratic primary, The Roanoke Rambler is publishing interviews with each of the three candidates.
Interview 6 Questions with Luke Priddy, Candidate for Roanoke, New River State Senate Seat In advance of the June 20 Democratic primary, The Roanoke Rambler is publishing interviews with each of the three candidates.
Interview 6 Questions with Trish White-Boyd, Candidate for Roanoke, New River State Senate Seat In advance of the June 20 Democratic primary, The Roanoke Rambler is publishing interviews with each of the three candidates.
Ramblings Ramblings: Southeast Roanoke Gets Grants To Fix Facades; Democrat Takes on McNamara; No Republican Facing Rasoul 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 5/31 to 6/7. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Housing Roanoke's Public Housing Authority Plans First New Major Development in Decades The city’s housing authority hopes to construct an initial 86-unit complex in Northwest Roanoke.
City Hall 'It's Not Over': Fishburn Park Coffee Shop Proposal May Be Revived, Roanoke Leaders Say Some members of Roanoke City Council say a deal over the Fishburn Park caretaker's cottage could still be worked out.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Police Give Data on Use of Force; Roanoke Schools Weigh New Start Times; 'Endangered' Sites Listed 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 5/24 to 5/31. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
