Local company Magnets USA is investing $1.5 million to upgrade its operations in Roanoke County, according to an announcement from the governor’s office.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCave Spring ninth-graders will remain at the high school when school resumes in August as school officials grapple with the cost of a long-planned renovation amid a $17 million gap between the lone bid and what they expected to spend.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA little more than a month from now marks the one-year anniversary of the fish kill in Tinker Creek between Botetourt and Roanoke counties.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareParishioners of Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church plan to grow 2,400 pounds of produce to donate to local food pantries and charities this summer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBENT MOUNTAIN — Ben Ward had seen the mass shootings in schools and other places across the country on the news. Everyone on Bent Mountain had.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Roanoke County Board of Supervisors is leaning toward authorizing a tax exemption for the surviving spouses of emergency responders killed in the line of duty.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBarbara Beckner's idea won't necessarily prevent every death in a school massacre. But it might save lives. And the low -- almost no -- cost makes it worthy of evaluation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA man was displaced after a fire ripped through a Roanoke County house Wednesday night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareVoters in the Penn Forest precinct of Roanoke County will have to cast their votes June 12 at Penn Forest Worship Center instead of Cave Spring High School.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRoanoke County police are seeking a fourth suspect in a shooting incident that resulted in the death of a woman last month.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA business incubator boosting entrepreneurship and small business development will continue operating in downtown Vinton under the terms of a lease renewal approved Tuesday by Vinton Town Council.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA variety of factors is responsible for regular backups on U.S.220 south of Roanoke. Basically, at evening rush there's too many cars and signals, and not enough pavement on U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A federal agency that green-lighted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline with a key approval last year has voted 3-2 to uphold its decision.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBack yards around Virginia — possibly in Wise, Loudoun, Montgomery and Roanoke counties — are poised to serve as the next proving grounds for drone delivery technology, as Google’s sister company prepares to return stateside after nearly a year of…
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOne day after three young people were found slain in a home on Bent Mountain, the Roanoke County restaurant where they worked issued a statement on their deaths and announced a Wednesday evening vigil in their honor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSeventy-one hot meals landed on the plates of local children Monday at two Roanoke County elementary schools as the district launched its second-ever free summer lunch program.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWilliam Byrd High School senior Khalil Fonder will carry a near-perfect GPA, state swimming titles and Olympic dreams with when he walks across the graduation stage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIs grassroots opposition to the development of the Mountain Valley Pipeline growing, as crews begin clearing a right-of-way for the 42-inch, pressurized natural gas pipeline? Some recent events make it seem that way.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe fire marshal's office is investigating a fire in a vacant Roanoke County house that occurred Tuesday morning.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRoanoke County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Martha Hooker and County Administrator Tom Gates want more details from school officials who have asked the county to increase police presence on school grounds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe 18-year-old was killed last week in a triple homicide on Bent Mountain Road.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA crash on Interstate 81 north in Roanoke County is causing major delays for drivers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHeroin use is down among Roanoke County teenagers, but more high school and middle school students are drinking alcohol or using marijuana, according to results from a risk behavior survey.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAuthorities usually start by releasing the miles of backed-up traffic after a bad wreck on Interstate 81.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThis time last year, there were 50 bikes and 10 bike-sharing stations, mostly in the city's southwest quadrant. Now there are 84 bikes among 17 stations, and the program has extended into southeast and northwest Roanoke and the town of…
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHighway planners will be in Roanoke Thursday to hear from the public about Interstate 81’s worst problems.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAn isolated and unoccupied dwelling near Back Creek was destroyed by fire on Thursday evening, according to a news release from Roanoke County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSince work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline began, opponents from all walks of life — including a Virginia Tech professor, a former candidate for the Roanoke City Council, a substance abuse counselor, a speech pathologist, a local artist and a…
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAuthorities took a third person into custody Tuesday on charges related to the death of a woman last month in Roanoke County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHe's a knowledgeable chap, and colorful as a bender on high-grade LSD. Maybe that's why a documentary film crew from Northern Ireland sought Dave "Mudcat" Saunders out for a recent interview.
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