LGBTQ 'You're There To Help': Meet Roanoke Police Department's First LGBTQ Liaison Roanoke police created the role in part to improve the city's score on a measure indicating how LGBTQ-friendly a locality is.
Ramblings Ramblings: Discount Parking Eyed for Service Workers; Lacks Statue To Be Unveiled; Fishburn Mansion Gets Restoration Grant 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 10/4 to 10/11. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Happenings Recurring Happenings: Our Calendar of Regular Weekly Events in Roanoke Happenings: The Recurring Events Edition. Curious about special art exhibits, free yoga, or bar trivia games? You’ll find it all here.
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 those in street medians.
Policing Roanoke Police Department Has Suffered From Many Vacancies, Leadership Discord, Report Says Report says police department must address why "some employees may be leaving the agency to escape a toxic work environment."
Ramblings Ramblings: Wells Fargo Plans for 1,100 Jobs in Roanoke County; City Floats More Housing Types; Grandin Court Groups Stand Off 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 9/27 to 10/4. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Arts Fewer Hours, More Tours: Roanoke's Taubman Museum Charts a Post-Pandemic Future The museum has settled into a new routine post-pandemic: fewer public hours, more group tours and more special events.
Policing Despite Expanded Summer Youth Curfew, Roanoke Police Issued No Citations, Chief Says Council advocated for an expanded curfew this summer to prevent youth from being the victims or offenders of gun violence.
Ramblings Ramblings: Jefferson Center Asks City for $6 Million; Carilion Clinic Posts Loss; White-Boyd Raises More Than Suetterlein 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 9/20 to 9/27. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Food From Pizza To Pretzels, Food Pop-Ups Are Making Roanoke's Dining Scene Shine Roanoke foodie entrepreneurs have found freedom and flexibility following a pop-up business model in lieu of a traditional restaurant or even a food truck.
Drink Roanoke's Only Distillery Revives Regional Spirits History After 100-Year Dry Spell Three brothers are reviving a tradition that Roanoke hasn’t seen in more than 100 years.
Food Restaurant Roundup: New Eateries Include O.T.H. Chophouse & Oyster Bar, Brood, Six and Sky, Laughing Bull and Fruits & Roots From a rooftop restaurant featuring upscale seafood to a burger ramen fusion, check out these new and recent eateries in the Roanoke area.
Interview 7 Questions with John Park, Roanoke's 'Food Evangelist' Park talks his love for food, his knowledge of the Roanoke food scene and how he made a business out of being a food influencer.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 9/13 to 9/20. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Development Goodwill Buys Roanoke Properties Around Burgeoning Melrose Plaza Goodwill sees expansion potential in the properties that abut Melrose Plaza, but has not identified a specific use for the properties yet.
