Thanks to the city’s flood reduction project, 44% of the parcels in the city’s flood control map are now in a lower risk category.
Randy Walker
Randy Walker is a musician and freelance writer in Roanoke. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was formerly a staff writer on (as it was then called) the Roanoke Times & World-News. He can be reached at randywalker7983@gmail.com.
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Virginia Tech philosopher rights wrong done to Isaac Newton
A Virginia Tech philosophy professor has helped clear up a mistranslation of Newton’s famous First Law of Motion.
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Virginia Tech study offers hope for breaking the recurrent nightmares of PTSD
Virginia Tech researcher Sujith Vijayan believes brain rhythms can be manipulated with auditory stimulation during sleep to restore the healing quality of sleep for PTSD patients. He’s also probing the connection between sleep and learning.
Posted inEconomy
Demolition tougher than expected, but Valleydale apartments in Salem still on track for 2025
The former meat packing plant is being torn down and will be replaced by a 300-unit apartment complex.
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Roanoke announces flood map updates
The maps reflect decades of flood mitigation work along the banks of the Roanoke River through the city.
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Preparing for ‘a much cleaner century’ with environmental cleanup of American Viscose plant
Conversion of Roanoke’s former rayon plant to Riverdale, a mixed-use neighborhood, has begun. Removing a million pounds of junk was the first major step for developer Ed Walker.
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New River rocket club loses launch site
The group is looking for a new site within an hour of Blacksburg and Christiansburg.
Posted inEconomy
When everyone is streaming music, how can a record store survive?
Bluegrass outlet County Sales, celebrating 50 years in Floyd, shifts to nonprofit
Posted inPolitics
Roanoke and Lynchburg have youth curfews. Studies say they have little effect.
Roanoke has a Democratic council, Lynchburg a Republican one, but both have taken the same action to curb crime.
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Rocket clubs launching from Highland and Montgomery counties offer STEM education, thrills
“There’s not much like rockets to get a kid excited about science, technology, engineering and math,” says one rocket club leader.
