City Council members offered positive comments about an Equity and Empowerment Advisory Board plan to make sure action ...

A music hall, Spanish restaurant and boutique hotel are reviving a historic Downtown Roanoke building, thanks to Freedom ...

City Hall Roanoke Is Paying Richmond Lobbying Firm $6,000 Monthly To Pursue Casino Deal. The city will need to beat long odds ...

Two familiar faces are departing Roanoke City Hall as the local government grapples with stresses caused by employee turnover ...

Highland Park was blanketed with snow last Friday. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ROANOKE RAMBLER We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to. From live music to ...

Holiday lights at downtown Roanoke's Market Square on Nov. 27, 2024. ROANOKE RAMBLER FILE PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU. Have a "recognizably Roanoke" photo for Happenings? Email us at editor@roanokerambler ...

Changes to Roanoke's plan to create more housing options will extend into next year. ROANOKE RAMBLER FILE PHOTO BY SCOTT P. YATES. As a new year approaches, tensions remain over the aging debate of a ...

Welcome to our food column, Corner Booth, where each month Layla Khoury-Hanold will guide us through what’s happening in Roanoke’s food scene. We’ll feature restaurant openings and closings, changes ...

Damage is shown to a backdrop where Reuben Lawson's name was attached. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ROANOKE RAMBLER Just three months after Roanoke’s federal building was officially renamed for ...

A Roanoke strip club can reopen without a nod from the city zoning board – and a building permit for renovation work at the site is approved. The permit, issued Nov. 24 to applicant Brent Jackson, ...

Del. Sam Rasoul is “testing the waters” for a congressional bid next year that could pit him against Roanoke author Beth Macy, who countered that she offers a change from “career politicians.” Rasoul, ...

Roanoke City Council’s annual requests for state legislators normally get final approval without a hitch. But Monday, one councilman voted against the city’s and the school system’s wish lists, ...