Summer's not slowing down in the Star City: we've got theater, trivia, goth nights, a country concert under the lights, and one of the country's biggest disc golf tournaments landing right in our ...

This is so far the second-driest water year on record for the region—with rainfall tracking at 43 percent below ...

Happenings: The Roanoke Events Calendar. Week of 7/22 to 7/30. This stretch has a little bit of everything: a sold-out outlaw ...

Former Roanoke deputy police chief David Morris resigned from the force in September, around the time that a group was scrutinizing how Morris portrayed his military service. ROANOKE RAMBLER FILE ...

Region Five Adult Education runs beginner, intermediate and advanced adult English classes at the Community Empowerment Center twice a week. The program currently serves 77 students at the center, ...

Transportation Why These 10 Miles Keep Shutting Down the Valley Just after 7 a.m. on a recent weekday, traffic on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County does what it has done for years: it stops.

Artificial intelligence is arriving in Roanoke’s classrooms faster than most people realize. And it isn’t stopping at the classroom door. While the national debate has spent years arguing over whether ...

Small, networked sensors branded “Raven” went up around Roanoke with a clear promise: detect gunfire in real time, get officers to scenes faster, and help a city grappling with violence respond before ...

Welcome to our food column, Corner Booth, where each month Layla Khoury-Hanold will guide us through what’s happening in Roanoke’s food scene. We’ll feature restaurant openings and closings, changes ...

On Bluestone Avenue in Northeast Roanoke, gun violence awareness month ended the way too many months in this city do: with a young life cut short and a family getting the kind of late‑night phone call ...

Social Issues Growing Old in Roanoke Roanoke isn’t just getting older. It is growing older while the workforce, caregivers, and family networks that support older adults are becoming smaller.