Ramblings Ramblings: Election Night Results; City Eyes Ramada Inn Demolition; Roanoke Gets Money from Opioid Settlement 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 11/3 to 11/10. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Politics Virginia's Suburbs Shifted Left During the Trump Years. Why Does Roanoke County Remain Staunchly Republican? Virginians are deciding whether Democrats or Republicans control the governor’s mansion and state House. The vote in the Roanoke Valley seems entirely predictable.
Interview Antonio Hash on deputy mental health, suicides in the jail, and his vision as Roanoke's next sheriff This week, we sit down with Antonio Hash, a 13-year veteran of the Roanoke City Sheriff's Office who is running to become the city's next sheriff.
Interview Donald Caldwell on the failures of criminal justice reform, systemic racism, and his final run for Commonwealth's Attorney This week, we sit down with Commonwealth's Attorney Don Caldwell, who is running as an independent against Democratic nominee Melvin Hill.
Interview Melvin Hill on gang violence, drugs, and why he's running for Commonwealth's Attorney Melvin Hill, the Democratic nominee for Commonwealth's Attorney, did not respond to numerous requests by The Rambler for an interview.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You'll Ever Need. Week of 10/27 to 11/3. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Politics Scandals swirling around current, former Democratic candidates shake reliable Roanoke voters “I almost voted for him, but I didn’t,” a voter said about Melvin Hill, the Democratic nominee for Commonwealth's Attorney, who owes federal tax debts.
Interview Evelyn Powers on running the city's 'bank,' balancing accounts at her father's grocery store, and the tax collector in the Bible This week, we sit down with Evelyn Powers, who is running as a Democrat to become the city's next treasurer, a post she's held since 2003.
Interview Ryan LaFountain on modernizing the Commissioner of Revenue, his 'pathological' need to serve, and his love of poutine This week, we sit down with Ryan LaFountain, who is running as a Democrat to become the city's next Commissioner of the Revenue.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Councilman Jeffrey Should Go, Council Says; Fralin proposal shot down 4-3 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 10/20 to 10/27. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Neighborhoods A Tale of Two Roanokes? Some Neighborhoods See Explosive Growth, Others A Declining Population, Data Show Last year, Roanoke inched above 100,000 in population for the first time in forty years. But not all that growth is spread evenly across the city.
Development Roanoke Council To Hear Latest Fralin Apartment Plan that Panel Approved but Residents Decry Roanoke's planning commission endorsed a controversial development proposal in southwest Roanoke that will now head to City Council Monday.
Ramblings Ramblings: Where Roanoke Housing Is Growing; A Different Fralin Unveiling; Jabs at Sears 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 10/13 to 10/20. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Business 'What You See Is Not Always What It Is': Empty Storefronts Belie Downtown Roanoke's Record-Low Retail Vacancy While stretches of unused space still remain, vacancy rates for downtown retail are now actually the lowest in more than a decade, according to real estate data.
Investigation New Charges Against Roanoke Councilman Point To CARES Act Grants to Businesses, One Led By Aide Convicted of Embezzlement Just after his election to Roanoke City Council, Robert Jeffrey Jr. sought $15,000 in city-issued coronavirus relief funds.
