Roanoke-based journalist Beth Macy sat down with Cardinal News for an interview about her decision to run for Congress. Her formal campaign announcement is slated to take place Tuesday at the Historic Fire Station #1 in downtown Roanoke.
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Roanoke City Council to consider approval of historic marker at Fishburn Mansion, hear presentation on solar panels at schools
The marker would remember Junius Blair Fishburn, a businessman and philanthropist who donated land that helped establish many of Roanoke’s parks.
Posted inCardinal Way
Fun and silly? Or wildly out of touch? Readers weigh in on Salem RidgeYaks name
Salem’s minor league baseball team has changed its name. Reaction is … divided.
Posted inEconomy
Defense firm to add 288 jobs at Roanoke County site
Elbit Systems of America, which makes night-vision goggles for the military, will invest $30 million at its facility on Plantation Road.
Posted inOpinion
Let’s yak about the Yaks. The Salem RidgeYaks, that is.
Social media comments say the new name was a swing and a miss. Merchandise sales say it was a solid hit.
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Roanoke to hold 4 community listening sessions in November
The sessions will be hosted by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Policy and Governance.
Posted inPolitics
Determining winner for third Roanoke County School Board seat could take days
The candidates — incumbent Cheryl Facciani and challenger Ryan White — are separated by just a few dozen votes.
Posted inPolitics
Greenway and Linden win reelection to Roanoke County School Board; third race too close to call late Tuesday
Plus, a roundup of other school board results from across the region.
Posted inPolitics
Hash reelected as Roanoke sheriff
In other regional sheriff’s races, Randy Hamilton Jr. was reelected in Buena Vista and Tony McFaddin Jr. was reelected in Lexington/Rockbridge County.
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Forty years after the Flood of ’85, Roanoke is still doing what it can to reduce future flood risk. Mitigation efforts have proven effective thus far.
Mayor Joe Cobb says the biomedical industry the city has grown wouldn’t be possible without the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project.