A view of Riverdale in Southeast Roanoke in January 2024. Developer Ed Walker has stripped the former Roanoke Industrial Center of junk cars, scrap, chemicals, waste and unwanted tenants. ROANOKE ...

The swearing-in capped an intense lobbying campaign to fill the rest of Cobb’s Council term, which he gave up after being ...

It’s a rare case for the city to bring to court. In recent years, Roanoke has tried to protect and expand the city’s tree ...

Problems persist one year after an external audit unearthed issues that could imperil funding and services if not addressed.

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

What are Ramblings? Ramblings are a collection of short items that have caught our attention for one reason or another.

Roanoke’s political and legal establishment is reeling after a deadlocked City Council said it couldn’t agree on who should ...

The lawsuits could shed further light on a drama that gripped Roanoke city hall last year, when claims of a toxic workplace ...

Roanoke gets hit by snow, February 2025. Photo by HENRI GENDREAU. Want to see your photo in our Happenings events calendar? Send us your best recognizably-Roanoke shots to editor@roanokerambler.com.

Prosecutors had charged former Local Roots restaurant owner Abraham Austin Eichelberger with not paying taxes and felony embezzlement. A restitution order says Eichelberger and the commonwealth’s ...

Outside, the yard is gap-toothed. It’s like there’s been a war: Oaks choke the yard with limbs askew. Every view more branches, trunks thrown open wide contents tossed helter-skelter. This woodland ...