The city will erect a historical marker about a lynching that was part of what’s known as the Riot of 1893.
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Posted inOpinion
People are moving out of Lynchburg and Roanoke. Where are they going?
The third part of a seven-part series on migration trends in Virginia.
Posted inEconomy
Creating a front door for startups
Roanoke’s RAMP accelerator is marking five years with plans for significant changes.
Posted inCulture
A quest to remember Roanoke’s nameless dead
City council member Joe Cobb seeks to identify those whose graves were dug up and reburied in a cemetery marked by a single tombstone.
Posted inOpinion
Lynchburg metro grows, Roanoke metro shrinks
Another look at the latest census estimates, which show some potentially important new population trends.
Posted inOpinion
Does Youngkin want Roanoke to take down a sculpture?
The governor called on Norfolk and Roanoke to end their “sister city” relationships with Russian cities. Here’s the problem with that.
Posted inCulture
‘When she sings, it’s like the voice of God’
Marisa Sifontes has made an unusual journey from lawyer to the pulpit. She once sang with Grammy winner John Legend.
Posted inPolitics
Roanoke sets vaccine mandate for city employees
Vaccine-or-testing policy could go in effect by Feb. 1 if U.S. Supreme Court upholds federal requirements.
Posted inNews Briefs
Initial work done on abandoned mine that threatened homes in Wise; more . . .
Briefs: Roanoke County names county administrator. VCEDA approves grant for business in Clintwood. Griffith announces service academy nominations.
Posted inOpinion
Some of these proposed districts are a mess
Some of the proposed General Assembly districts for the Roanoke and New River valleys make no sense. Lots of maps here.