While the city has a goal of a 40 percent tree canopy coverage, a new study estimated Roanoke's tree canopy at 33 percent.

A new study from the regional commission will guide local governments in the Roanoke Valley on how to improve the tree canopy.

Roanoke's tree canopy coverage was at 26 percent in 2019, down from 48 percent at the beginning of the decade.

“There’s a lot of lessons to be learned here and we stand ready to be accountable for our part in it,” a city official said.

A plastic bag fee that went into effect this year is one of the ways Roanoke City is trying to reduce plastic waste.

People living near the Radford Army Ammunition Plant have an increased lifetime cancer risk, according to a new report of air pollution data.

“We need to lead from the bottom up, because our leaders aren’t doing what they need to do,” one advocate said.

The federal government has consistently ranked the facility as one of the top polluters in Virginia.

These are interesting — and seemingly contradictory — times in Virginia’s coalfields.