City Hall From Tiny Homes to Solar Panels, Changes to Roanoke's Zoning Code Could Have Wide Impact Whether you’re looking to build a tiny house or install solar panels on your roof, Roanoke City just made it a little easier.
Ramblings Ramblings: City Offers Pandemic Relief; Regional Trail Study; Newspaper Owner Rebuffs Alden 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 12/1 to 12/8. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Addiction Millions of Dollars To Fight Opioid Epidemic Are Heading To Roanoke. Will It Be Enough? For decades, painkillers flooded the Roanoke Valley as part of a push by pharmaceutical companies that helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic.
Environment Map of Air Pollution Data Shows Higher Cancer Risk Around Radford Army Ammunition Plant People living near the Radford Army Ammunition Plant have an increased lifetime cancer risk, according to a new report of air pollution data.
Ramblings Ramblings: Congressmen Vote Against Spending; Hedge Fund Bids for Newspaper Owner; City Gang Survey; Carilion Mandate 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 11/24 to 12/1. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Environment Roanoke Residents Shoulder Recycling Burden As Economic Markets Bind Localities' Efforts “We need to lead from the bottom up, because our leaders aren’t doing what they need to do,” one advocate said.
Coronavirus From Healthcare To Government, Roanoke's Top Employers Refrain From Vaccine Mandates, For Now Without mandates, several local governments and businesses simply don’t know — or won’t say — how many workers are protected from the virus.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Weighs Ban On Sidewalk Camping; Roanoke Times Leases New Office Space; City Preps Plastic Bag Tax What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
Fiction A Hobo Hero This week's work of literature heralds an occasional feature in which we publish stories that, by virtue of their age, find themselves in the public domain.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 11/17 to 11/24. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Gun violence Roanoke Seeks Community Help As City Tackles Crisis Worsened By Pandemic: Gun Violence. Roanoke has seen an uptick in shootings over the last year, even higher than in 2020, when effects from the pandemic fueled a nationwide rise in violence.
Politics Voter Turnout Increased in Roanoke. But the City Lags Behind the Rest of Virginia. Last week’s election prompted a record number of Roanokers to cast ballots for governor. But the city's turnout rates lags behind most localities in Virginia.
Poetry At The Poet's Last Reading In his poems, the drama is elemental: / There was no pain. It had gone.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 11/10 to 11/17. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Homelessness Vulnerable in the Valley: Portrait of Homelessness in Roanoke Area Reveals Pandemic's Impact There are four types of homelessness: chronic, episodic, transitional, and hidden. The pandemic has exacerbated all four.
Food 'Like I’m back home in Mexico': Lupita’s Tacos offers authenticity wrapped in handmade tortillas The owner of Lupita’s Tacos celebrates her legacy as a home cook to feed the Mexican community in Roanoke.
