City Hall Powers Sworn In on Roanoke City Council After Council Reverses Earlier Deadlock The swearing-in capped an intense lobbying campaign to fill the rest of Mayor Joe Cobb’s City Council term.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanokers Protest Federal Worker Purge; Plaza To Honor Onzlee Ware; Affordable Housing Project Approved 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 2/19 to 2/26. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Politics As Roanoke City Council Deadlocks Over Filling Vacancy, Judge Says 'It's a Shame' Roanoke’s political and legal establishment is reeling after a deadlocked City Council said it couldn’t agree on who should become its seventh member.
Transportation Roanoke's Valley Metro Bus System Still Struggles with Financial Issues, Audit Finds Problems persist one year after an external audit unearthed issues that could imperil funding and services if not addressed.
Ramblings Ramblings: New High School Eyed In Lieu of Jefferson Center; Housing Vouchers Resume; New Nonstop Flight Added 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 2/12 to 2/19. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Food After Being Served, Roanoke Restaurants Settle Tax Bills Recent crackdowns on Roanoke restaurateurs have resulted in an influx of owed taxes to the city, plea deals and dropped criminal charges.
City Hall Roanoke To Defend Against 2 Lawsuits Alleging Toxic Workplace Under Ex-Leaders The lawsuits could shed further light on a drama that gripped Roanoke city hall last year, when claims of a toxic workplace preceded the city manager’s resignation.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Mayoral Recount Costs Taxpayers; Council Appointee Undecided; School Board Member Picked 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 2/5 to 2/12. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
Development Tenants Evicted from Riverdale As Southeast Roanoke Community Takes Shape Developer Ed Walker has stripped the former Roanoke Industrial Center of junk cars, scrap, chemicals, waste and unwanted tenants.
Politics Appointee to Roanoke City Council To Determine Fate of Single-Family Zoning Reforms Battle lines are being drawn over who will fill the remaining two years of Roanoke Mayor Joe Cobb’s vacant City Council seat.
Poetry The Science of Falling Things Outside, the yard is gap-toothed. It’s like there’s been / a war: Oaks choke the yard with limbs askew.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 1/29 to 2/5. We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to.
City Hall Roanoke Aims To Seize, Sell Downtown Parking Garage Plagued By Tax, Code Issues The parking garage beside the Amtrak platform has been closed since April, when city officials deemed the structure unsafe.
City Hall 'Council Isn't Immune': Property Values Are Rising. Here's How Much Elected Leaders' Homes Went Up. Roanoke property owners are seeing an average 8 percent increase in their real estate tax bills this year, a historically high but downward-trending assessment.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke's Electric Buses Arrive; 11 Apply for City Council Vacancy; Industrial Sites Greenlit as Urban Centers What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
