Policing Roanoke Names Police Chief Sam Roman As New Assistant City Manager in Latest Agency Shake-Up The appointment of a police chief to a top city management role is an unusual move.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Increases Affordable Housing Units; Street Renamed for Civil Rights Leader; 5 Seek City School Board Seat 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 3/22 to 3/29. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Gun violence Roanoke City Idea To Expand Youth Curfew Met with Small, Lukewarm Response Roanoke City Council is weighing whether to enforce a more stringent youth curfew in an attempt to prevent shootings.
Criminal justice Roanoke Mayor Voted To Parole Inmate Whose 2020 Release Spurred Investigations, Outrage The news about Martin’s release prompted “a lot of adverse sentiment” including from “my chief police officer,” Lea said, according to records.
Politics State Senate Race Heats Up As 3 Seek Democratic Party Nod in Roanoke Valley District Roanoke City Council members Trish White-Boyd and Luke Priddy as well as political novice DeAnthony “DA” Pierce are running.
Ramblings Ramblings: Panel Picks Finalists for Roanoke School Buildings; Court Makes Jeffrey Ruling; Kiwanis Launch Pancake Plans 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 3/15 to 3/22. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Feature When Jimmy Carter Came To Roanoke The Carter family recently revealed that the former president, now 98 years old, is receiving hospice care at his home in Georgia.
Environment City Acknowledges 'Definite Overreach' After Clear-Cutting Roanoke Man's Native Garden “There’s a lot of lessons to be learned here and we stand ready to be accountable for our part in it,” a city official said.
Ramblings Ramblings: Gun Violence Panelist Blasts City Council; Fishburn Cabin Sale Delayed; Norwich Historic District Sought 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 3/8 to 3/15. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Politics Longtime Roanoke Valley State Sen. Edwards To Retire — Leaving Democrats Scrambling and Republicans Salivating Roanoke City Council members Joe Cobb and Luke Priddy did not rule out running for the Roanoke Valley seat.
Education Despite Improvements, Roanoke Schools Contractor Durham Missed Marks on Late Buses Durham hit only one of the district's five benchmarks in time, according to data provided last week to The Rambler.
Ramblings Ramblings: Outcome of Bills from Local Lawmakers; School Absentee Rates Rise; City Puts Homeless Team Office for Bid 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 3/1 to 3/8. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Gun violence Roanoke Started A Commission To Reduce Gun Violence. It’s Become A Political Lightning Rod. “All I see is gun violence increasing in the Black neighborhoods,” Councilwoman Stephanie Moon Reynolds said.
Addiction As Overdoses Spike in Roanoke Valley, Localities Must Decide How Best To Spend Opioid Settlement Money Roanoke must decide by early May how it will spend roughly $575,000 it will receive by this summer, city manager says.
