Investigation New Charges Against Roanoke Councilman Point To CARES Act Grants to Businesses, One Led By Aide Convicted of Embezzlement Just after his election to Roanoke City Council, Robert Jeffrey Jr. sought $15,000 in city-issued coronavirus relief funds.
Ramblings Ramblings: Radford arsenal awards contract; apartments face resistance; Roanoke senator pushes back on redistricting What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
Environment Radford Arsenal Slow-Walks From Open Burning. Now Its Incineration Plan Is Raising Alarms. The federal government has consistently ranked the facility as one of the top polluters in Virginia.
Food 3 Williamson Road Grocery Markets You Need to Know In Roanoke, there's a world of diverse markets. We highlight three, including inside tips and what to stock up on to build your global pantry at home.
Ramblings Ramblings: Princess vs. Terry, Again?; Roanoke Vaccine Clinics; Rally for Reproductive Rights What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
Mystery Mystery of Gravestones Found on Vacant Roanoke Property Has Been Solved — Mostly The property, it turns out, was the site of the Marsteller Corporation, which specialized in monument and tombstone engraving.
Mystery Two Gravestones, One Linked to an Ohio Cemetery, Lie on a Vacant Roanoke Property. Why? Along the banks of the Roanoke River, two gravestones lie nestled in the poke berry bushes on a property for sale along Franklin Road.
Investigation Roanoke City Councilman Owes City Business Taxes. It’s Only His Company’s Latest Delinquency. The magazine company founded by Robert Jeffrey Jr. owes unpaid business taxes and only settled a state debt after being asked about it.
Ramblings Ramblings: Could John Edwards Be Toast?; Delta Variant Ravages Roanoke; Council Adopts Federal Relief Fund Proposals What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.
Essay The Goat Field My Baby-Boom neighborhood of modest dwellings on small lots, a few blocks off Williamson Road, encircled a ten-acre, Southern Gothic amusement park.
Neighborhoods On the Future of Gainsboro Tensions over whether and how the neighborhood should change, cross generational, racial and class lines.
Food Access Could a Grocery Store Come to Northwest Roanoke? Residents Have Been Waiting 25 Years. Establishing a grocery store in Northwest Roanoke has emerged as a top contender for some of the $64.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds allocated to the city.
Climate Crisis Roanoke To Take ‘Aggressive’ Climate Action After Report Urges City To Halve Emissions Since 2009, the city has had goals to reduce carbon emissions by 10 percent citywide every five years.
Fiction The Three-Hour Lily Mina set the silk lily down. It was a ridiculously oversized silk calla lily, but Bruce wanted it to show up in the movie.
Investigation Facing Unpaid Taxes, Candidate for Roanoke Prosecutor Filed for Bankruptcy. He’s Done It Before. Melvin Hill, who seeks to become the city’s next top prosecutor, filed for bankruptcy last year, citing $217,100 in unpaid federal income taxes. It wasn’t the first time Hill declared bankruptcy while facing tax debts.
Environment Leaders in Southwest Virginia Are Embracing Green Energy — And Hoping Coal Stays Alive These are interesting — and seemingly contradictory — times in Virginia’s coalfields.
Art Criticism These Photos and Postcards Capture the Beauty and Solitude of Pandemic-Era Appalachia L.S. King’s prints at the Appalachian Center for Photography in Floyd County are a kind of inarguable beautiful.
