Battle lines are being drawn over who will fill the remaining two years of Roanoke Mayor Joe Cobb’s vacant City Council seat.

Developer Ed Walker has stripped the former Roanoke Industrial Center of junk cars, scrap, chemicals, waste and unwanted ...

The science of falling things smashed our street. Now it plants acorns in the Carolina clay where the red mud welcomes every ...

Roanoke property owners are seeing an average 8 percent increase in their real estate tax bills this year, a historically ...

The parking garage beside the Amtrak platform has been closed since April, when city officials deemed the structure unsafe.

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Conrad Claytor, a retired podiatrist who lives in Salem, said he renewed talks with family members about the clinic property after the city unveiled a draft of the hub plan this spring. PHOTO BY HENRI ...

The final Sunday service was held at Trinity United Methodist Church Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Roanoke. Transforming churches into residential properties is becoming a trend in Roanoke, where at least ...

The Harrison Museum of African American Culture, as seen above at Center in the Square, plans to leave its downtown home for the burgeoning Melrose Plaza in Northwest. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ...

Star City Compost co-owner Davey Stewards uses a front-end loader to transfer garden waste for composting at the company's facility in the Roanoke Centre for Industry & Technology off Orange Avenue.