Inside the week in Old Southwest where progressive anti-ICE virality collided with a boozy arrest record and an ill-timed ...

Ask ten Ramblers what makes this valley worth staying in for a weekend, or a lifetime and you'll get ten different answers. That's kind of the point. Roanoke is the only city in America with an entire ...

ROANOKE, Va. — The stretch of Belleview Avenue that has funneled hospital traffic onto detours for more than a year isn't reopening anytime soon. Carilion Clinic says the road will stay closed through ...

Delivering victories to grassroots challengers while unseating an incumbent, this Democratic primary election was shaped by ...

Roanoke residents saw smoke-filled skills and declining air quality as smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada drifted into Southwest Virginia.

Sixth District Democratic candidates, from left: Pete Barlow, Beth Macy and Ken Mitchell. Author and former Roanoke Times journalist Beth Macy confirmed Tuesday what she couldn’t keep from leaking out ...

For the first time in 17 years, Roanoke is redrawing elementary school attendance boundaries—not because schools are failing, ...

A sunset view west of Roanoke's downtown, as seen in September 2025. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU. Want to see your photo in our Happenings events calendar? Send us your best recognizably Roanoke shots to ...

ROANOKE RAMBLER HAPPENINGS 8/4 to 8/12 From a festival and a two-day comic convention to a 52-year-old road race and the ...

In June, Botetourt County leaders announced that Google had purchased 312 acres of land in an industrial park, as seen above right on Tuesday, for a potential data center project. PHOTO BY DAVID ...

Roanoke Vice Mayor Joe Cobb greets residents after he led the Vespers ceremony at Hermitage Roanoke, a senior living center where he works as a part-time chaplain, on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. PHOTO BY ...