4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1165+ words) The city already knows where the poison lives. The question was always whether it had the money to go remove it. Author: Roanoke Rambler Staff Edited: 9:00 AM EST September 9, 2026 Roanoke has one of the oldest housing stocks in Virginia. Roughly…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (279+ words) On the second day of school at Round Hill Elementary, a five-year-old boy named De Terryon walked out to what he thought was pickup. Instead, he climbed onto a bus. He was a car rider, not a bus rider, he…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (269+ words) Two of Roanoke's signature civic institutions are moving through pivotal, and separate, legal processes right now, and a former mayor is publicly asking whether they're more connected than City Hall is letting on. Author: Roanoke Rambler Staff Edited: 11:55 PM EST…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (356+ words) Ask three business owners across three streets in downtown Roanoke what happened to their block this year, and you'll get the same undercurrent: something closed here, something else opened there, and nobody's quite sure yet which trend wins. Author: Roanoke…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (505+ words) A 59-year-old man is in custody after a five-hour standoff that ended without a shot fired. It's also a snapshot of a city that says its crime rate is falling — even as one alarming incident after another keeps testing that…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (473+ words) While the rest of Virginia's drought map turns from red to yellow, one number keeps sinking: the water level at Carvins Cove. Author: Roanoke Rambler Staff Edited: 12:57 PM EST August 19, 2026 Walk the shoreline at Carvins Cove this month and you'll…...