Roanoke steered the biggest chunks of its pandemic relief money to food, fun and affordable housing.

There remain dueling narratives about who’s to blame for some of the recent spending and accounting lapses that auditors flagged.

The finding underscored accounting issues that have plagued the government and which emerged during a belt-tightening budget year.

Roanoke City Council members are considering whether to merge the city and school district's finance systems in a bid for more oversight.

In a prepared statement Volosin blamed the former administration of City Manager Bob Cowell for numerous issues.

City officials said a private meeting with school officials after a dustup was productive.

A new AI chatbot - Virtual Assistant Virginia - is now at work on Roanoke’s municipal website.

City Council has two significant decisions ahead: whether to raise the meals tax and to keep school funding level.

City Manager Valmarie Turner began flashing warning signs last month that the city needed to tighten its belt.

The shortfall could affect schools, public transportation and parks.

It’s a rare case for the city to bring to court. In recent years, Roanoke has tried to protect and expand the city’s tree canopy.

The swearing-in capped an intense lobbying campaign to fill the rest of Mayor Joe Cobb’s City Council term.

The lawsuits could shed further light on a drama that gripped Roanoke city hall last year, when claims of a toxic workplace preceded the city manager’s resignation.

The parking garage beside the Amtrak platform has been closed since April, when city officials deemed the structure unsafe.

Roanoke property owners are seeing an average 8 percent increase in their real estate tax bills this year, a historically high but downward-trending assessment.

The city failed to budget enough money for youth programs run by The Foundry, leading to discord and lost revenue, an audit found.

Valmarie Turner, Fairfax’s deputy city manager, becomes Roanoke’s next city manager next month, replacing Bob Cowell.