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Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/23 to 3/2.
Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/23 to 3/2.

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 23, 2022 • 8 min read
Workers at Roanoke Starbucks Seek To Join Union Movement
Labor

Workers at Roanoke Starbucks Seek To Join Union Movement

Roanoke store becomes one of a handful in Virginia seeking to join growing labor movement within coffee chain.

  • Henri Gendreau
Henri Gendreau Feb 15, 2022 • 3 min read
Facing Diminished Funding, Roanoke Housing Authority Eyes Shift To Section 8 Voucher Model
Housing

Facing Diminished Funding, Roanoke Housing Authority Eyes Shift To Section 8 Voucher Model

Roanoke's housing authority is beginning to explore a shift that would allow it to more easily retrofit, demolish and expand housing.

  • Henri Gendreau
Henri Gendreau Feb 15, 2022 • 4 min read
Ramblings: Roanoke Bus Station Moves This Month; Audio Studio Comes to Mansion; Democrats To Pick Primary Election Method
Ramblings

Ramblings: Roanoke Bus Station Moves This Month; Audio Studio Comes to Mansion; Democrats To Pick Primary Election Method

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 15, 2022 • 3 min read
Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/16 to 2/23.
Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/16 to 2/23.

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 15, 2022 • 7 min read
Memento Mori
Fiction

Memento Mori

Surrounded by distant relatives he’d never met and couldn’t remember, the old surgeon lay wheezing in his deathbed, clutching the small model of a human heart.

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 9, 2022 • 6 min read
Ramblings: Roanoke Mayor Vents Angst at Gun Violence; How Bills Could Cost City; 70 New Jobs Tied to Lowe's Warehouse
Ramblings

Ramblings: Roanoke Mayor Vents Angst at Gun Violence; How Bills Could Cost City; 70 New Jobs Tied to Lowe's Warehouse

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 9, 2022 • 3 min read
City Workers Can Unionize In Virginia. In Roanoke, Such Efforts Appear Slow Going, Nonexistent
Labor

City Workers Can Unionize In Virginia. In Roanoke, Such Efforts Appear Slow Going, Nonexistent

While teachers and firefighters in Roanoke are taking steps to collectively bargain, there seems little interest for public-sector unions.

  • Henri Gendreau
Henri Gendreau Feb 9, 2022 • 5 min read
Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/9 to 2/16.
Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/9 to 2/16.

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 9, 2022 • 6 min read
Letter From the Editor: New Easy Sign-Up for Free Trial, and a More Reader-Friendly Homepage
Letter

Letter From the Editor: New Easy Sign-Up for Free Trial, and a More Reader-Friendly Homepage

We’ve made some recent changes to the look and feel of The Rambler in the spirit of greater reader accessibility.

  • Henri Gendreau
Henri Gendreau Feb 9, 2022 • 2 min read
Roanoke Ranks Last Among Virginia Localities On LGBTQ-Friendly Laws, Again. Why?
LGBTQ

Roanoke Ranks Last Among Virginia Localities On LGBTQ-Friendly Laws, Again. Why?

While Roanoke has made strides since 2018, the City has remained in last place among Virginia peers on an LGBTQ-friendly score.

  • Henri Gendreau
Henri Gendreau Feb 2, 2022 • 7 min read
Teachers Resigning From Salem Schools Cite School Conditions, Workload As Factor, Report Says
Education

Teachers Resigning From Salem Schools Cite School Conditions, Workload As Factor, Report Says

An outside survey at Salem City Schools found low employee turnover, with attrition rates and reasons why teachers leave varying by school.

  • Henri Gendreau
Henri Gendreau Feb 2, 2022 • 5 min read
Ramblings: Hepatitis A Surges, Covid Falls; Nashville Flight Comes to Roanoke; DJ Battle Canceled Over Lack of Diversity
Ramblings

Ramblings: Hepatitis A Surges, Covid Falls; Nashville Flight Comes to Roanoke; DJ Battle Canceled Over Lack of Diversity

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 2, 2022 • 4 min read
Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/2 to 2/9.
Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/2 to 2/9.

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Feb 2, 2022 • 6 min read
Ring in Lunar New Year With These Symbolic Dishes From Roanoke's Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean Restaurants
Food

Ring in Lunar New Year With These Symbolic Dishes From Roanoke's Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean Restaurants

From dumplings to noodles, sticky rice to sesame balls, here are some of the symbolic dishes to look for at Roanoke restaurants and markets.

  • Layla Khoury-Hanold
Layla Khoury-Hanold Jan 26, 2022 • 8 min read
Outcry Over Video of 2016 Fight at Salem High School Renews Focus on Principal's Actions
Investigation

Outcry Over Video of 2016 Fight at Salem High School Renews Focus on Principal's Actions

Principal's intervention in the fight fractured a rib of a 14-year-old with special needs, according to the family.

  • Henri Gendreau
Henri Gendreau Jan 26, 2022 • 7 min read
Ramblings: Local Health Director Hopeful Omicron Peaked; Grants for Roanoke Small Businesses; Top Donors to Youngkin Inaugural
Ramblings

Ramblings: Local Health Director Hopeful Omicron Peaked; Grants for Roanoke Small Businesses; Top Donors to Youngkin Inaugural

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

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Jan 26, 2022 • 3 min read
Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 1/26 to 2/2.
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.

  • Roanoke Rambler
Roanoke Rambler Jan 26, 2022 • 6 min read
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