Ramblings Ramblings: Mayor Rejects Call To Cut Roanoke Ties to Russia Sister City; Covid Cases Mark New Low; Paper's Owner Beats Hedge Fund 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 3/2 to 3/8. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Investigation Police, Not Roanoke Councilman, Destroyed Computer Records During Embezzlement Probe Police's initial statement left the impression that Councilman Robert Jeffrey Jr. tried to destroy potentially incriminating information.
Politics Rising Rates of Gun Violence Prompt Republicans To Enter Roanoke City Council Race Two Republicans cite Roanoke's ongoing issue with gun violence as influencing their decision to run for City Council.
Ramblings Ramblings: Parking Changes Come to Roanoke's Downtown; Mass Robin Die-Off Discovered; Congressional Money Race 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 2/23 to 3/2. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Labor Workers at Roanoke Starbucks Seek To Join Union Movement Roanoke store becomes one of a handful in Virginia seeking to join growing labor movement within coffee chain.
Housing Facing Diminished Funding, Roanoke Housing Authority Eyes Shift To Section 8 Voucher Model Roanoke's housing authority is beginning to explore a shift that would allow it to more easily retrofit, demolish and expand housing.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Bus Station Moves This Month; Audio Studio Comes to Mansion; Democrats To Pick Primary Election Method 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 2/16 to 2/23. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Fiction Memento Mori Surrounded by distant relatives he’d never met and couldn’t remember, the old surgeon lay wheezing in his deathbed, clutching the small model of a human heart.
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Mayor Vents Angst at Gun Violence; How Bills Could Cost City; 70 New Jobs Tied to Lowe's Warehouse What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
Labor City Workers Can Unionize In Virginia. In Roanoke, Such Efforts Appear Slow Going, Nonexistent While teachers and firefighters in Roanoke are taking steps to collectively bargain, there seems little interest for public-sector unions.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 2/9 to 2/16. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Letter Letter From the Editor: New Easy Sign-Up for Free Trial, and a More Reader-Friendly Homepage We’ve made some recent changes to the look and feel of The Rambler in the spirit of greater reader accessibility.
LGBTQ Roanoke Ranks Last Among Virginia Localities On LGBTQ-Friendly Laws, Again. Why? While Roanoke has made strides since 2018, the City has remained in last place among Virginia peers on an LGBTQ-friendly score.
Education Teachers Resigning From Salem Schools Cite School Conditions, Workload As Factor, Report Says An outside survey at Salem City Schools found low employee turnover, with attrition rates and reasons why teachers leave varying by school.
Ramblings Ramblings: Hepatitis A Surges, Covid Falls; Nashville Flight Comes to Roanoke; DJ Battle Canceled Over Lack of Diversity What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
