Politics Scope of Blame Widens in Volosin Campaign's Use of Sample Ballots During Roanoke City Council Primary, Complaints Say Family of Peter Volosin and Vivian Sanchez-Jones passed out sample ballots, complaint filed by losing candidate alleges.
Climate Crisis Roanoke Council Has Called For 'Emergency Action' On Global Warming. So Why Is the City's Climate Plan Still Out of Date? A pandemic, plastic bag fee and recent retirement have contributed to a delay in revising Roanoke's master climate plan.
Ramblings Ramblings: Fire Department Staff Shortages; Back-to-School Vaccine Clinics; Volosin Not Only Candidate Facing Complaint 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 7/20 to 7/27. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
City Hall Roanoke Parks Nonprofit Seeks To Raise Funds That City Can’t Through private philanthropy, the Roanoke Parks Foundation is intended to enhance the city’s parks, centers and trails.
Education Roanoke School Board Welcomes SROs In Every School, Punts On Student ID Badge In Approving $1.7 Million Safety Package As part of safety improvements, the district would also add counselors and establish a 24/7 safety tip line.
Ramblings Ramblings: Amtrak Data Points; Roanoke's 'Year of the Artist'; City Removes 'Hostile Indians' Plaque 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 7/13 to 7/20. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Fiction A Castle in the Air It was a hot July day in the mountains of Virginia. The earth swam in a faint blue haze of heat that rose from river and cliff.
Poetry Centralia along centre street in midtown ashland / where william’s woods’ dark seams form a forum ...
Humor The Silence of the Drams As a professional liquor reviewer, the pandemic saw me locking my immune system up tighter then Fort Knox.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 7/6 to 7/13. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Labor Roanoke Starbucks Unionizes In Unanimous Vote, Becoming First Such Store In Southwest Virginia Employees of The Bridges Roanoke store this week voted 14-0 to join the Workers United union.
Education Artificial Intelligence, Clear Bags, Counselors Among Roanoke City Schools' Ideas To Keep Kids Safe Roanoke's school board is weighing how to spend more than half a million dollars to improve safety for 13,000 students.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke City Website Gets A Makeover; These 13 State Laws Take Effect This Week; Date Slated For City's 2nd Amtrak Train 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 6/29 to 7/6. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Politics Among The Contenders For Roanoke City Council: Three Openly Gay Men. If Democrats sweep the general election, Roanoke's city council would have the most gay members among any single Virginia locality.
