Zeros at City Hall, Millions for Lead Paint, and 50 years of Artemis Poetry, this Week in Roanoke

Zeros at City Hall, Millions for Lead Paint, and 50 years of Artemis Poetry, this Week in Roanoke

A summer of neighborhood murals reframes Roanoke's public-safety debate; a Virginia Tech spinout tries to build a medicine from Roanoke start to finish; and the New River Valley blankets the region with 460 free naloxone kits as overdose deaths fall by half.

Good morning, Roanoke. A five-year-old climbed onto the wrong school bus on his second day at Round Hill Elementary, and for a stretch that felt endless to his parents, Terry Mills and Daniel Howard, no one could say where he was. Roanoke City Public Schools says the entire

Water Levels Drop, a Standoff Ends Peacefully, Downtown's Restaurant Math Shifts, and Roanoke's Case for Organizing Over Outrage

We're serving a hard-nosed look at what happens when online activism meets a real ICE detainer, an answer on when that hospital-area road finally reopens, and since you need a breather after that, a list of things to actually go do this week.

Moore and Clawson Advance to General Election, Canada’s Wildfire Smoke Drifts into Roanoke, and What Roanoke's New School Map Says About a Changing City

Good morning and thank you for subscribing to The Roanoke Rambler. Starting with the numbers: Virginia just posted its worst job-growth showing in years, shedding more than 43,000 jobs and landing 49th in the nation. And yet Roanoke and neighboring Salem are sitting at unemployment rates most of

The Roanoke Valley is having one of those weeks where you can feel the region being pulled in a dozen directions at once, greenways versus growth, aging pipes versus flickering power, Washington versus the people who actually have to live with its decisions.

Politics, legacy, and a party are the stories this week. We are excited to share with you.

Google plans almost a million square feet of data center space in Botetourt; Roanoke gets casino developer payment, mum on purpose; Corner Booth includes mobile coffee opening.

It is an interesting time for Roanoke. Learn how Schools are Responding to AI, about Growing Old in Roanoke, and about Local Gun Violence and the Preventive Measures Taken

After a slow few months, the city council race is quickening; our food column returns; and we check our literary box with a new poem.

A New $85M Private Investment in Roanoke, Popular Cheese Recall is Linked to One Death, One of Roanoke's Largest Emergency Food Providers has a Cut in Federal Donations

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Good morning, and thank you for subscribing to The Roanoke Rambler. This week, we’re looking at how decisions made in Richmond and in the Governor’s Mansion are about to land squarely in the Roanoke Valley, in your workplace, your courthouse, and your morning news. First, we break down

Good morning and thank you for subscribing to The Roanoke Rambler. This week, we mark the nations 250-year anniversary and look at the Roanoke Valley's historical impact on America, we attended zoning hearings that effect business owners and the homeless, and we also explore what new speed