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

Developer Ed Walker has stripped the former Roanoke Industrial Center of junk cars, scrap, chemicals, waste and unwanted ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Crews plan to significantly expand the trail system on Mill Mountain this spring, adding four miles of new pathways for hiking, running, biking or any non-motorized use. Above, the view of a trail in ...

The Harrison Museum of African American Culture, as seen above at Center in the Square, plans to leave its downtown home for the burgeoning Melrose Plaza in Northwest. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ...

Conrad Claytor, a retired podiatrist who lives in Salem, said he renewed talks with family members about the clinic property after the city unveiled a draft of the hub plan this spring. PHOTO BY HENRI ...

Democratic incumbent Luke Priddy, left, stunned Party leaders by announcing he will not seek reelection. Republicans Nick Hagen, right, and Jim Garrett are running for City Council. (Garrett did not ...