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 ...

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From a transformative new bridge to new lives for community hubs, a wave of multimillion-dollar infrastructure projects is fundamentally reshaping Roanoke's recreational, cultural, and health ...

GRAND OPENING: The newly redeveloped Eureka Recreation Center opens to the public on Friday morning with a ribbon cutting, guided building tours, and a neighborhood cookout. (Photo courtesy of Roanoke ...

Roanoke County just took a quiet but consequential step that will shape daily life in one of its most overlooked corners. At a recent meeting, the Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with ...

In an era when trust in media is fractured and attention is fleeting, a new kind of newsroom is taking shape in Roanoke, one built not just to inform, but to engage, challenge, and reflect the ...

Neighborhoods Residents Worry Roanoke Is Backtracking on Neighborhood Investment Promises The city fell short of its own spending goals last year in the Belmont-Fallon area, according to a federal ...

Policing Audit Finds Police Department Grant Overspent, Youths Treated Questionably, Contract Not Bid According to Policies "People didn't do their jobs -- that's the bottom line," City Councilwoman ...

The Wells Fargo Tower and Roanoke Amtrak platform as seen in April 2025. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ROANOKE RAMBLER. Have a "recognizably Roanoke" photo for Happenings? Email us at ...