Homelessness Roanoke Homeless Pushed To Periphery, Shelters As Ban on Downtown Camping Takes Effect A new city law has sent people who sleep outside in downtown Roanoke into shelters — and other parts of the city.
Environment 'Worst I've Ever Seen': Plastics Choke Roanoke River As City Bag Fee Encourages Alternatives A plastic bag fee that went into effect this year is one of the ways Roanoke City is trying to reduce plastic waste.
Ramblings Ramblings: Covid Cases Could Affect Roanoke City Services; Pay Set for Sheriff, Revenue Czar; Real Estate Values Soar 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 1/5 to 1/12. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Letter Letter From the Editor: Our 'Thirdly' Financial Report and a Preview of Website Changes My letter today focuses on our first “thirdly” financial report, and previews some forthcoming website changes
Fiction The Mountaineer and His Dog It was late in October, and the Carolina mountains were dressed in the gorgeous reds and yellows of autumn.
Essay Vivid Tales of War and Miracles One day, I was taken from the village by the blue-eyed soldiers. They had set up camp in the nearby woods.
Fiction The Claw Beneath the Sea People had known about the Claw beneath the sea for years, passing its story down again and again.
Essay The Tail of the Snake The attachment of unhappiness to happiness, like the head of the snake to its tail, did seem to be the moral of the story, however, when I acquired my dream car.
Happenings Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 12/29/21 to 1/5/22. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Economy 'You're Lucky If One Shows Up To An Interview': Roanoke Valley Restaurants Among Hardest Hit By Pandemic-Era Labor Shortage In the Roanoke Valley, the struggle to find workers — particularly in food services — has led to inconveniences small and significant.
Art Criticism Taubman Museum of Art Brings Virginia Artists 'Homeward Bound' In Richly Textured Show Roanoke’s Taubman Museum of Art has arranged an unhurried, lovingly unfolding exhibition in "Homeward Bound."
Ramblings Ramblings: Roanoke Boosts Police, Employee Pay; City Names Citizen of the Year; Radford Plant Granted Permit for Incinerators 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 12/22 to 12/29. We scoured 17 disparate community calendars (yes, 17) so you didn’t have to.
Climate Crisis From Flooding to Home Repairs, Here’s How Virginia’s Intent to Leave Carbon Cap and Trade Program Could Affect Roanoke Funding for low-income home repairs may be harder to come by if Virginia pulls out of regional carbon cap-and-trade market.
Politics Race for Roanoke City Council Already Underway As Retiring Incumbent Ensures A New Face Candidates are preparing for next year’s City Council race as Councilman Bill Bestpitch’s retirement ensures the election of at least one new face.
Ramblings Ramblings: Mountain Valley Gets Key Permit; What Redistricting Means for Roanoke; Fast Growth Projected for Local Economy What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
