Labor Roanoke Starbucks Unionizes In Unanimous Vote, Becoming First Such Store In Southwest Virginia Employees of The Bridges Roanoke store this week voted 14-0 to join the Workers United union.
Education Artificial Intelligence, Clear Bags, Counselors Among Roanoke City Schools' Ideas To Keep Kids Safe Roanoke's school board is weighing how to spend more than half a million dollars to improve safety for 13,000 students.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke City Website Gets A Makeover; These 13 State Laws Take Effect This Week; Date Slated For City's 2nd Amtrak Train 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 6/29 to 7/6. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Politics Among The Contenders For Roanoke City Council: Three Openly Gay Men. If Democrats sweep the general election, Roanoke's city council would have the most gay members among any single Virginia locality.
Politics Cobb, Sanchez-Jones and Volosin Picked As Roanoke's Democratic City Council Nominees — But Not Before A Rare Party Rebuke. The trio will make up the Democratic ticket for four-year City Council seats in the Nov. 8 general election.
Development Modern-Looking Boutique Hotel Proposed For South Roanoke's Crystal Spring Village Center The hotel and an adjoining restaurant would replace a hair salon and former Famous Anthony's.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Floats Car Tax Rebate; Covid Shots For Young Kids Available; How Roanoke May Spend More Pandemic Money 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 6/22 to 6/29. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Transportation Williamson Road Is Roanoke's Deadliest For Pedestrians. A New Project Seeks To Fix That. A proposal for the Northeast Roanoke corridor would add bike lanes and convert four traffic lanes to two with a center turn lane.
Politics Roanoke Voter Registrar Filed Police Report Over Vandalism, Harassment As Primaries Loom Campaign signs were damaged and passing drivers have been harassing election staff and would-be voters.
Ramblings Ramblings: Councilman Urges Roanoke to Remove 'Offensive' Plaque on 'Hostile Indians'; Gun Buyback Hosted; Dems Debate 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 6/15 to 6/22. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Policing Roanoke Police Lose Top Leaders As Department Faces Lawsuits Alleging Discrimination, Retaliation It's not clear whether the litigation played any role in the recent departures of the department's two deputy chiefs.
Development City Takes Another Look At Development of Northwest Roanoke's Evans Spring Area City Council stressed no specific plans exist for Evans Spring, where a controversial development proposal fell through in 2020.
Ramblings Ramblings: Party Nominees Picked for Roanoke Council Special Race; Catawba Hospital Study Funded; Alcohol Zone Comes Downtown 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 6/8 to 6/15. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Investigation The Kionte Spencer Records A 2016 shooting of a teenager in Roanoke County carrying a BB gun galvanized community members. No police records have been made public — until now.
