VDOT and its partners will hold a public meeting to discuss several intersection improvements.
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Agenda Roanoke: Presentation on real estate reassessments, two development rezonings before council
The Roanoke City Council will receive a presentation on real estate value reassessments and vote on two development rezonings during Tuesday’s meeting.
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Agenda Roanoke: Rezonings at Riverdale and The Foundry to be considered
Applicants from both the Riverdale and Foundry developments are looking to rezone multiple plots of land to Urban Center Districts to allow for more flexible usage.
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After all votes counted, Cobb wins Roanoke mayoral election
It took over a week to count over 1,200 provisional ballots in Roanoke, which turned the lead from Bowers over to Cobb late last week.
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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.
Posted inEconomy
Agenda Roanoke: New coffee shop proposed for Old Southwest Roanoke
The coffee shop could join a number of other small businesses in the area.
Posted inOpinion
The awful history that Roanoke will remember today
The city will erect a historical marker about a lynching that was part of what’s known as the Riot of 1893.
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.