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Friendship Retirement Community filed a lawsuit against Roanoke County over losing its tax-exempt status on its Richfield Living property.

Shelley Clemons was voted in as the Roanoke County School Board’s new chairwoman during a work session on Wednesday. Clemons was elected in 2023 to represent the Cave Spring district.

Dec 20, 2024 · Election officials tabulate votes from Deyerle precinct during the recount in Roanoke’s mayoral race. Luke Weir, The Roanoke Times

The Roanoke College men’s basketball team fizzled down the stretch Monday, so it had to watch the opposing squad celebrate with the trophy for winning the Maroons’ holiday tournament.

The newly elected Roanoke City Council members took their oaths of office Monday at the Berglund Center. Retiring Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea passes a gavel to new Mayor Joe Cobb after an ...

6 days ago · After years plagued by tardy yellow buses, school board members in Roanoke cheered when they heard that buses are arriving on time at a 96% rate this year. “It has been fantastic,” said Chief ...

Matt Gentry, The Roanoke Times “It kind of helps you see what people are really made of, going against starters, two-deep, things like that,” Gosnell said of the position battles. “You see ...

Dec 11, 2024 · Roanoke's Christmas Parade presented by Ridge View Bank starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday and will follow the same route as previous years, beginning on Jefferson Street at Elm Avenue, turning east onto ...

6 days ago · Andrew Deandre Fluellen, 39, of Roanoke, was arrested last fall and charged with one count of felony arson related to a June 8 fire that occurred in the 2000 block of Gandy Drive Northwest.