A new state law increases the maximum pay levels for city council members and mayors. In Roanoke, it would amount to raises of almost 90%.
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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Maury Strauss, philanthropist and a ‘giant’ of Roanoke, dies at 99
Strauss and his family donated millions of dollars to health, education and economic development efforts around Roanoke.
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Powers cites need for choice as impetus for her Roanoke City Council run
Evelyn Powers, the city’s longtime Democratic treasurer, filed to run as an independent just ahead of Tuesday’s deadline.
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Greenway concedes to Shepherd in Roanoke County GOP primary
Tammy Shepherd won the nomination by just 17 votes, according to unofficial numbers from the Virginia Department of Elections.
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Nash, McGuire, Woods earn spots on November ballot for Roanoke Democrats
A fourth candidate, Jamaal Jackson, received 1,143 votes despite having unofficially dropped out of the race on June 3.
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Shepherd wins GOP nomination for Roanoke County supervisor seat by 17 votes
Shepherd, who was appointed to fill a vacancy on the board in January, will not face a Democratic opponent in the November general election.
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Jackson’s unofficial withdrawal from Roanoke Democratic primary leaves him on the ballot
Three other Democrats are seeking the nomination for three open city council seats. If Jamaal Jackson finishes in the top 3 on Tuesday, he’ll be on the November ballot, even though he unofficially dropped out of the race.
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Roanoke names interim city manager
Lydia Pettis Patton was the first woman to serve as city manager in Portsmouth, a post she held from 2015 to 2020.
