The city's provisional ballots are counted, and its council winners are set. But 150 miles west, a Tazewell County judge will decide whether one of the biggest votes on Roanoke's ballot reaches the finish line on time.

Vivian Sanchez-Jones on Winning Again, Party Friction and the Year Ahead Roanoke, VA Author: Roanoke Rambler Staff, Hart Fowler Lead Published: 10:00 PM EST November 10, 2026 Edited: 10:00 PM EST November 10, 2026 Listen Here: Roanokesradio.com Vivian Sanchez-Jones will return to Roanoke City Council

On Jan. 1, two things change in Virginia on the same morning. A new right to reproductive freedom joins the state Constitution. For the first time, some adults on Virginia Medicaid will have to prove they work, study or volunteer to keep their coverage.

In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic incumbent Mark Warner is seeking a fourth term against Republican challenger Bert Mizusawa, a retired Army major general.

Mark Warner has spent decades fighting for the Roanoke community and now he is up for re-election on Tuesday, November 3rd. On a Tuesday afternoon three weeks before Election Day, Mark Warner sat in a circle of folding chairs on Melrose Avenue in northwest Roanoke and listened.

From homelessness and Flock cameras to Evans Spring, race and religion, five candidates answer questions from Roanoke residents.

Highlights from the Roanoke Rambler's Roanoke City Council Candidate community forum and dinner at Melrose Library.

Governor Spanberger’s transparency directive was months, if not years, in the making, but did it arrive soon enough to affect the data center planned for Wood Haven?

Section 15.2-2209.5 took effect July 1. It forces developers to study noise and utilities to disclose substations. It sets no limits on either.

Beth Macy has outraised Ben Cline for three straight quarters in a district Republicans win by 26 points. Here is where the two actually stand, verified against their own words and his roll-call record.