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Local. Investigative. Literary. The Roanoke Rambler covers local news in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Roanoke Just Got $6.25 Million to Rip the Lead Out of Its Oldest Houses. Here's What That Actually Means
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…...
A Kindergartner's Scary 17 Minutes, A Superintendent's Last "First Day," and What the Numbers Say about Roanoke's Back-To-School Reset
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…...
Roanoke's Grand Dame in the Crosshairs: A Casino Fight, a Hidden NDA, and a Former Mayor's Warning
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…...
Roanoke's Drought Is Getting Worse
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…...