City Hall Tackling Gun Violence, School Funding Among Roanoke City's Wish List To State Lawmakers Council's legislative priorities last year prompted some resident pushback after the city urged lawmakers to revisit criminal justice reforms.
City Hall Bridge from Highway Key To Developing Evans Spring, Consultant Tells Roanoke Big box and medium-sized retail stores would also be crucial to making any development economically worthwhile, consultants say.
City Hall Washington Park Pool Won't Open By 2024 As Roanoke Officials Hoped, City Says The additional time may also play in favor of efforts to salvage the park’s caretaker’s cottage.
City Hall Roanoke Can Evict Boxing Gym From City-Owned Building After Lease Expired, Judge Rules When the lease ended, the city had sought proposals for the former fire station, which is in need of significant repairs.
City Hall Amid Construction Projects, Roanoke City Realizes Crossing Railroad Tracks Will Cost It The city intends to pay to cross railroad tracks on which rail enthusiasts hope to run a tourist-attracting excursion train.
City Hall New Roanoke City Law May Impact Panhandling. Just Don’t Call It Panhandling. “I have ran out of patience with these people loitering and what they’re doing,” Mayor Sherman Lea said about those in street medians.
City Hall Roanoke Boxing Gym Puts Up Fight As City Seeks To Evict Club from City-Owned Building Melrose Athletic Club, which runs Champ’s Gym, is in a legal battle with the city, which insists the group vacate a former Southeast Roanoke fire station.
City Hall Roanoke City Council Refines Travel Policy As Members Spend Over Their Allotted Budgets Council members say the spending isn’t extravagant — there’s just not enough money in each member's budget for travel.
City Hall As Washington Park Swimming Pool Looms, Roanoke Residents, City Leaders Tussle Over Cottage The sudden activism around the cottage prompted visible frustration among some city leaders and members of City Council.