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New cameras on I-81 will soon ticket speeders

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May 20, 2026 • 3 min read

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They Had Dreams: Eighty Faces, One Community

They Had Dreams: Eighty Faces, One Community

Eighty faces. One bridge. For a few hours in Roanoke, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge stopped being just a way to get from downtown to Gainsboro and became something closer to a public altar, a place where grief, memory and resolve met in the open air. Families

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Roanoke Rambler Jun 9, 2026 • 4 min read
The Woman From Roanoke Whose Cells Are Helping Shape Medicine Again

The Woman From Roanoke Whose Cells Are Helping Shape Medicine Again

Doctors stole her cells without telling her. Decades later, those same cells are helping fuel a new race to save patients with rare and deadly diseases. As U.S. regulators move to speed up cutting-edge gene therapies, the story of a young woman from Roanoke — and the cells taken

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Roanoke Rambler Jun 9, 2026 • 4 min read
Roanoke Revitalized: Inside the $100 Million Wave of Infrastructure Upgrades

Roanoke Revitalized: Inside the $100 Million Wave of Infrastructure Upgrades

Roanoke is in the middle of a $100 million bet on itself. From a rebuilt river corridor and revived skate culture to a resurrected neighborhood “front porch” and a grocery store ending a 40–year food desert, the city is stitching together projects that don’t just pour concrete, they

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Roanoke Rambler Jun 9, 2026 • 9 min read
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