The place is Tanglewood Mall, on the second floor. The group is the Roanoke Valley chapter of the American Association of University Women. They're unloading used books for $2 per shopping bag full, because their lease is ending next month.
Roanoke College has spent years examining the country’s African American history, including on its own campus. An ongoing webinar series at the college continues those explorations this month.
Take a tour with Roanoke County School Board members inside the renovation and construction work at William Byrd High School Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Vinton.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s goal to expand the number of publicly funded, independently run schools now hinges on a proposal to entice colleges and universities to open such schools - a proposal that has garnered support from Democrats in the Senate and key education groups.
It includes funding for the school's carbon neutrality initiative.
Roanoke city and county schools are pivoting resources toward career readiness, responding to increased student demand for educations in trades and other certified, well-paid professions.
Reappointment of both board members came after a closed session at the end of city council’s Monday meeting.
Craig County Superintendent Jeanette Warwick announced her retirement during a school board meeting Tuesday night.
With each passing year, public schools place more children in private special education schools where they tend to stay for years — some until they turn 22 and age out of the system.
In-person classes are scheduled to resume Tuesday. The shutdown is intended to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Proof will not be required for those who claim a religious or medical exemption, according to discussion at the Monday meeting.
A Friday Roanoke County meeting included a long closed-door session and continued frustrations over the situation.
A board majority decided not to side with advice from its own administration.
Food service workers have been infected at three local eateries during the past year, amid an unusually high number of local cases identified by the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts.
Browse through recently listed homes in the Roanoke real estate market and find your next home!
Read through the obituaries published today in Roanoke Times.
Meals on Wheels offers seniors a chance for a hot meal five times a week, and often a welcome respite from the isolation felt by some homebound folks.
The billing increase will amount to about $15.90 monthly for the average residential consumer.
Despite national record fuel prices, AAA projects millions of Americans will hit the highways during the long Memorial Day weekend.
Members of Reclaimed Roots Descendants Alliance, a Charlottesville-based group of descendants of enslaved laborers, asked the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library board of trustees to select another name.
A hand surgeon has testified that Johnny Depp could not have lost the tip of his middle finger the way he told jurors it happened in his civil lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Salem police have arrested two men after a dispute between neighbors ended with a gunshot Friday, a city press release said.
An employee said a man approached one of their cashiers carrying a bag reportedly containing an explosive device and demanded that the clerk give him money.
The former Virginia Tech football player is charged with murder and says he started punching his date after discovering he was with a man, not a woman.
A Fredericksburg man is being sought and the public is asked to provide information to police.
Salem will be giving its vehicle-owning residents some form of personal property tax relief — though how the rebates will be given and how people will get them are yet to be determined.
Two Democratic U.S. House hopefuls in Western Virginia have secured party nominations and will challenge incumbent Republican congressmen during midterm elections in November.
The General Assembly will return to Richmond next week, but will they have a budget agreement to consider?
A land trust is one measure that’s being discussed.