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Ramblings

Ramblings: City Offers Pandemic Relief; Regional Trail Study; Newspaper Owner Rebuffs Alden

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 12/1 to 12/8.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Money Trickles In To Fight Opioid Crisis, Radford Arsenal's Cancer Risk, Happenings 🦃 Edition

On the opioid crisis; Radford arsenal's elevated cancer risk; and Happenings, Thanksgiving edition.

Ramblings

Ramblings: Congressmen Vote Against Spending; Hedge Fund Bids for Newspaper Owner; City Gang Survey; Carilion Mandate

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 11/24 to 12/1.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Recycling's Burden On Residents, Vaccine Mandates, Newspaper Office's Move Downtown, New (Very Old) Fiction, and More

Burden of recycling falls on area residents; the state of vaccine mandates locally; a new home for The Roanoke Times.

Ramblings

Ramblings: Roanoke Weighs Ban On Sidewalk Camping; Roanoke Times Leases New Office Space; City Preps Plastic Bag Tax

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Fiction

A Hobo Hero

This week's work of literature heralds an occasional feature in which we publish stories that, by virtue of their age, find themselves in the public domain.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 11/17 to 11/24.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

An Epidemic of Gun Violence, Roanoke Voter Turnout Lags Behind, New Poetry, and More

Roanoke confronts a surge in gun violence; voter turnout in Roanoke lags behind the rest of Virginia; new poetry.

Poetry

At The Poet's Last Reading

In his poems, the drama is elemental: / There was no pain. It had gone.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 11/10 to 11/17.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Homelessness in the Roanoke Valley, election night results, a taste of Mexico, and more

A portrait of homelessness in the Roanoke Valley amid a pandemic; local election night results; a mecca for handmade tortillas.

Ramblings

Ramblings: Election Night Results; City Eyes Ramada Inn Demolition; Roanoke Gets Money from Opioid Settlement

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Happenings

Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 11/3 to 11/10.

We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.

Mason Adams on Roanoke County's Republican Firewall, Candidate Interviews, and Happenings 🎃 Edition

Mason Adams on how Roanoke County has held its Republican firewall as Virginia suburbs shift left; chats with Don Caldwell, Antonio Hash and a speech by Melvin Hill; Spooky Happenings.

Interview

Antonio Hash on deputy mental health, suicides in the jail, and his vision as Roanoke's next sheriff

This week, we sit down with Antonio Hash, a 13-year veteran of the Roanoke City Sheriff's Office who is running to become the city's next sheriff.

Interview

Donald Caldwell on the failures of criminal justice reform, systemic racism, and his final run for Commonwealth's Attorney

This week, we sit down with Commonwealth's Attorney Don Caldwell, who is running as an independent against Democratic nominee Melvin Hill.