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A new headquarters under formal consideration would give the medical school more room and solve a space issue for the Fralin ...

Downtown stakeholders who would like to see something done with the run-down Roanoke Station Garage include developer Lucas Thornton, who is undertaking tens of millions of dollars of building ...

The largest subsidized housing provider in western Virginia can’t afford air conditioning for all of its tenants. And there’s ...

An artificial intelligence rendering by Open AI's ChatGPT, when asked to create an artsy image of the outside of Roanoke's city hall. IMAGE CREATED BY OPEN.AI A new AI chatbot - Virtual Assistant ...

Vandalism and violence in the days after the joyful June 6 opening of the new Washington Park pool frustrate city leaders and ...

Most national forestry organizations recommend that, for parts of the eastern U.S., tree canopy coverage should be at least 40 percent. In the 2010 study, 48 percent of Roanoke City was covered by ...

Ahead of Roanoke’s municipal elections on Nov. 5, The Rambler once again sits down with each of the candidates — this time with a twist. Three candidates for mayor and seven City Council candidates ...

Housing authority resumes vouchers Roanoke’s public housing agency has resumed issuing housing vouchers after pausing the program in October for the first time in a decade. Before 2025 rolled around, ...

The theater swells with history. Before it was a nightclub, The Strand showed movies for mostly Black audiences and was home to the film company of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneering Black filmmaker of the ...

Belmont Baptist traced its roots back to about 1901, when worshippers gathered at a smaller sanctuary at the corner of Ninth Street and Stewart Avenue. The church was rebuilt in 1914, and thanks to a ...