For Jackie Dee Cunningham, it was important to find joy in the little things. The pecan tree that stood outside Carpenter Cottage, where Cunningham stayed, meant more to him than shade on a hot summer day.
Samantha Verrelli
Sam graduated from Penn State with degrees in journalism and Spanish. She was an investigative reporter for The Daily Collegian at Penn State and a freelance reporter with PennLive. She’s from outside Philadelphia, and loves hiking, live music and finding new restaurants.
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Cobb takes the lead in Roanoke mayor’s race; provisional ballots still outstanding
The Democratic candidate has taken a 46-vote lead after the final mail ballots were counted Friday. More than 1,200 provisional ballots remain to be tallied.
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With an 11-vote lead and over 1,200 ballots outstanding, Bowers declares himself ‘mayor-elect’ in Roanoke
As of Wednesday morning, Nicholas Ocampo, director of elections and general registrar, said there are 1,223 ballots that were cast during early voting or on Tuesday that had not yet been counted.
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Roanoke mayor’s race too close to call, Hagen is the first Republican on council in 20 years
Democrats Terry McGuire and Phazhon Nash also won seats on Roanoke City Council.
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Turk, Saunders and Green win Salem City Council race
Jim Wallace, as of late Tuesday night, is 203 votes behind Anne Marie Green.
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Agenda Roanoke: Data finds city residents aren’t as healthy as average Virginian
In 2021, 20% of Roanokers were reported to be in poor or fair health, in comparison to the 14% Virginia state average.
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Just a few days before Election Day, the HopeTree conversation is not over
HopeTree Family Services submitted a new rezoning application, and Salem City Council will soon have another public hearing on the controversial rezoning approved in June.
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Takeaways from a conversation with three of Salem’s candidates for city council
The candidates seemed to all be in favor of transparency, trees and sidewalks. But when HopeTree rezoning was brought up, the opinions differed.
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Agenda Salem: ‘Smoke shop’ businesses to get new location restrictions
The ordinance will go into effect 10 days after its final passage, if it is to pass on Monday night.
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Meet some Virginians who almost lost their right to vote after being declared ‘noncitizens’
Dozens of people in Southwest Virginia had their voter registration canceled after Gov. Youngkin handed down an executive order on Aug. 7 that removed “noncitizens” from Virginia’s voter rolls. Some of them are U.S. citizens.
