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Addison started the first Black high school in Roanoke, which became the largest school in the state led by a woman.

The Spot on Kirk used the $15,000 award to bring acts for Hispanic Heritage Month and to extend its Hispanic programming beyond that 30-day stretch.

The bear, just an infant when he was rescued in Wythe County, is now almost a yearling and likely will be released back into the wild in March.

The requirements attached to accepting the $1.5 million from the state and ARC would have a “potential impact on the facility’s long-term sustainability,” the board said.

The organizer of the Roanoke event wanted to hold the weddings before Inauguration Day. While he doesn’t think that the Trump administration will prioritize rolling back marriage equality, he said that the fear has been enough to give people pause. 

Years before he was an in-demand producer in LA, Ruchaun Akers Jr. was a student at Roanoke’s Westside Elementary.

Months of back and forth about the best location for the monument led to an unexpected solution: It will be installed at the former First Baptist Church in downtown Rocky Mount.

The Montgomery County author and illustrator recruited musicians to record versions of the songs featured in her kids’ book. Then came the music videos, complete with Ivanna the Iguana.