Thursday, 8/14 to Sunday, 8/17 — Roanoke Comedy Fest a weekend-long celebration of live comedy in the Star City. With over a ...

Melrose Plaza is a major investment in neighborhood revitalization, addressing long-standing gaps in access to healthcare and ...

Roanoke's National Night Out arrived after a weekend of shootings. While gun violence is trending downward citywide, ...

Pedro Szalay, the longtime Southwest Virginia Ballet director, said the U.S. doesn't feel like the welcoming country he ...

Roanoke leaders aim to adjust, but not completely gut, controversial zoning reforms designed to create more multifamily ...

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 ...

Essay My Stories Revealed Roanoke’s Urban Renewal History. In Plans for Evans Spring, I Hear Echoes. What happened long ago has new relevance for the future of Evans Spring, home to African Americans ...

Politics Appointee to Roanoke City Council To Determine Fate of Single-Family Zoning Reforms Battle lines are being drawn over who will fill the remaining two years of Roanoke Mayor Joe Cobb’s vacant ...

Food Corner Booth: Henrietta's Cafe Opens, Chris's Coffee & Custard Relocating, Cigars and Hot Dogs, a Look at Leonore's Pizza In our monthly Corner Booth food column, we feature restaurant openings, ...

Housing Roanoke Started a Land Bank in 2019. It's Just Now Getting Off the Ground. Officials hope a change to the program run by the nonprofit Total Action for Progress will get more abandoned homes ...

Danville Police Chief Scott Booth, at podium, speaks during a grand opening in December 2021 of a youth center in a former police precinct. Booth is Roanoke's top finalist to become the next police ...

Food Corner Booth: Wasena Bakery Expansion, Mexican Restaurant, Mead and Show Pony Feature in Our Inaugural Food Column In our monthly Corner Booth food column, we'll feature restaurant openings, ...