This is so far the second-driest water year on record for the region—with rainfall tracking at 43 percent below ...

Happenings: The Roanoke Events Calendar. Week of 7/22 to 7/30. This stretch has a little bit of everything: a sold-out outlaw-country legend, a yacht rock throwback on the river, a Vince Gill night ...

On July 19, the world’s biggest soccer tournament will conclude at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, crowning the 2026 men’s world champion after weeks of competition across North America. Whether you ...

Alfred “Al” Holland Sr., Roanoke’s big-league original, leaves a legacy larger than the final out. From Lucy Addison to North ...

Transportation Why These 10 Miles Keep Shutting Down the Valley Just after 7 a.m. on a recent weekday, traffic on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County does what it has done for years: it stops.

GRAND OPENING: The newly redeveloped Eureka Recreation Center opens to the public on Friday morning with a ribbon cutting, guided building tours, and a neighborhood cookout. (Photo courtesy of Roanoke ...

Roanoke County just took a quiet but consequential step that will shape daily life in one of its most overlooked corners. At a recent meeting, the Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with ...

In an era when trust in media is fractured and attention is fleeting, a new kind of newsroom is taking shape in Roanoke, one built not just to inform, but to engage, challenge, and reflect the ...

Blossoms and facades in downtown Roanoke are shown from a past March image. ROANOKE RAMBLER FILE PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU. Have a "recognizably Roanoke" photo for Happenings? Email us at ...

The Western Virginia Water Authority fought to not release records showing it agreed to supply at least 2 million gallons of water daily to a site, above, where Google wants to build data centers in ...

Brittney Flowers is the resident genealogist and public historian at Roanoke’s Harrison Museum of African American Culture. "It’s really wonderful to be able to empower community members about their ...