Battle lines are being drawn over who will fill the remaining two years of Roanoke Mayor Joe Cobb’s vacant City Council seat.

Roanoke property owners are seeing an average 8 percent increase in their real estate tax bills this year, a historically ...

The science of falling things smashed our street. Now it plants acorns in the Carolina clay where the red mud welcomes every ...

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

The parking garage beside the Amtrak platform has been closed since April, when city officials deemed the structure unsafe.

One day in September, Onzlee Ware stopped showing up for work. The Roanoke City Circuit Court judge has not appeared on the bench since shortly after a woman alleged in court records that he gave her ...

LEAP, the nonprofit Local Environmental Agriculture Project, now operates a brick-and-mortar store at its Patterson Avenue headquarters where it hosts weekly farmers markets. Above, Christina Nifong, ...

Crowds observe a pet costume contest at Roanoke's Dickens of a Christmas festival downtown on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ROANOKE RAMBLER. Want to see your photo in our ...

A craft vendors market at Golden Cactus Brewing in Roanoke. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU. Have a "recognizably Roanoke" photo for Happenings? Email us at editor@roanokerambler.com for a chance to be ...

The final Sunday service was held at Trinity United Methodist Church Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Roanoke. Transforming churches into residential properties is becoming a trend in Roanoke, where at least ...