Business Roanoke Strip Club Can Reopen Without Zoning Board Action, Building Permit Issued A $50,000 renovation is ongoing as a plan to reopen a club on Franklin Road progresses, according to city records.
Business ‘A $30 Million Experiment': Goodwill Navigates Uncharted Territory, Deficit During Market on Melrose’s First Year “You know, our battle has only just begun,” said a Goodwill administrator. “But we are in it to win it, and I don't have any doubt that we will.”
Business Will Airport Expansion Fly? Land Sale Remains a Question as $7 million Study Sought The price of the property - part of the former Countryside Golf Course - is a component of the talks, a city official said.
Business Substance Abuse Treatment Clinic at Valley View Gets a No From Roanoke Commission The opposition included the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Business Lust or Bust: Roanoke Strip Club Planned But Questions Abound City officials are evaluating whether the project needs to go to the board of zoning appeals to get permission to open.
Business Roanoke Vice Mayor Says No Dice on Casino, Vinton Officials Say They're Good with Rosie's Where Roanoke's pursuit of a casino license goes from here remains to be seen.
Business Roanoke Bets on a Casino To Transform Berglund Center Whether there's a jackpot for the city at the end of the process remains to be seen.
Business Virginia Tech Plans To Sell Hotel Roanoke, Conference Center Courtyard Expansion Unclear The university says the timing makes sense.
Business Water Authority Prepares Key Vote on Potential Data Center, After Botetourt Spent Months Wooing 'Project Raspberry' Google will pay for water hookups if it builds a data center. Newly released records show how county staff spent months catering to the tech giant's needs.
Business Roanoke County Tried to Axe Retirement Home's Tax Exemption. A Judge Said No. The county promptly asked the judge to reconsider the decision involving Friendship Retirement.
Business As Prosecution Looms, Owner of Run-Down Roanoke Parking Garage Seeks a Buyer Attorney for garage owner Will Trinkle has persuaded a judge to postpone a trial to allow time for a sale.
Business Riverdale Fire Destroys Prime Business Building Developer Says Is 'Not Possible' To Rebuild Though Noke Van initially said the fire left 20 employees without jobs, the company said they plan to keep everyone employed.
Business Amazon Touts Creation of 400 Jobs at Roanoke Industrial Park Site, Once Tapped for Brewery Amazon unveiled its first Roanoke facility, which the company says supports 400 part-time jobs.
Business Historical Railroad Buffs Find New Home for Trains in Roanoke's Norwich Area The Roanoke chapter of the National Railway Historical Society moved out of its longtime home in the industrial center that is now Riverdale.
Business A Tale of Two Malls: Valley View and Tanglewood Plot Routes To Stay Alive in the Age of Amazon This is the story of two malls and their divergent approaches to dealing with the seismic changes in shopping habits in the 21st century.
Business On Williamson Road, 'Roanoke's First Bin Store' Attracts Weekly Lines of Bargain Hunters Customers scour through returned and overstocked goods from retailers like Amazon at a new Roanoke store, which replenishes inventory each week.
Business FarmBurguesa Among Roanoke Area Restaurants Targeted with Criminal Meals Tax Charges As part of the enforcement, authorities recently conducted a “till tap” by visiting a city eatery unannounced to seize register cash.
Business Former Local Roots Employees Await Payment After Roanoke Restaurant Closed Abruptly The Grandin Village restaurant is awaiting a federal tax credit in order to make employees whole, according to a former owner.