Todd Brewster becomes Blacksburg's police chief on July 1.
The board of supervisors voted last week not to join the authority after much discussion and answers from county Attorney Stephen Durbin.
A few readers wrote and called the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol a partisan witch hunt. Meanwhile, dozens of others filled my inbox expressing outrage about what they've learned in then committee's recent hearings.
As Virginian politicians declared their distaste or support for the Supreme Court ruling on Friday, about 200 protestors took to the streets in front of the Poff Federal Building in Roanoke.
One of the candidates running for Roanoke City Council omitted information about a past criminal charge from a statement he gave at a political forum last week.
Friday's decision now sends the issue of abortion back to state legislatures. Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Friday that he will seek to ban most abortions after 15 weeks.
The campaign of a Roanoke Democratic primary winner, Peter Volosin, printed and distributed a sample ballot during part of Tuesday’s election that lacked a legally required disclosure that the item had been paid for by him.
Roanoke will rebate more than $5 million in unexpected money generated by the citywide personal property tax on the swollen, inflation-adjusted price of vehicles.
Incumbents Joe Cobb and Vivian Sanchez-Jones along with Peter Volosin won Democratic nominations for Roanoke City Council Tuesday as the result of a city-wide primary.
Sixth District Republicans readily endorsed U.S. Rep. Ben Cline during a party primary election Tuesday.
Blacksburg officials this week are celebrating the completion of the new station, an approximately $16.5 million project built almost in conjunction with a five-story parking garage that is connected to the police building.
Roanoke City Manager Bob Cowell on Tuesday proposed building a $2 million kayaking spot in the Roanoke River adjacent to Wasena Park.
Tuesday is the final day to cast ballots in the Democratic primary election for Roanoke City Council.
The new minimum rate is one of several measures the town is enacting to address the impact of pandemic-related economic challenges.
Haug comes to the regional jail with twenty years of law enforcement experience with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Elected as Democrats, Michael Worrell and Justin Griffith say they no longer agree with the party's approach to law and order and now support Republicans.
A board of visitors executive committee unanimously approved the measure Tuesday in Richmond.
All four candidates in the Roanoke City Council Democratic primary are scheduled to speak during an online forum this week.
The town plans to implement a minimum wage of $15 an hour for its employees, one of several measures the locality is looking to soon adopt as part of an effort to address the impact of economic challenges that arose during the pandemic.
The populist-politics organization formed in 2009, seemingly galvanized by the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama. But the group recently lost the domain name to their own website, RoanokeTeaParty.com. It’s up for sale and that’s giving me ideas.
Republican Peg McGuire will seek election to a two-year term on the Roanoke City Council.
A consultant will work with owners of the Evans Spring area to try to plan the future development of the vacant expanse west of Valley View Mall in close collaboration with nearby residents.
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The Roanoke Times and multiple advertisers are sponsoring day camp slots for two children a week for three consecutive weeks in July. The Discover Day Camp at Camp Roanoke in Roanoke County is a weeklong day camp for rising second to fifth graders including archery, climbing tower, team building initiatives, environmental education, canoeing (ages 9+), hiking, field games, and a wide range of other activities.
The hearings begin Thursday night, at 8 p.m. For many, they may hark back to an earlier era — Watergate — when Rep. M. Caldwell Butler, a freshman Republican who represented Roanoke, cried foul and stood up to Richard Nixon.
More than 3,500 households in the Roanoke and New River valleys received rent relief totaling at least $18 million to help pay for housing through coronavirus-induced hardships, state data shows.
"Someday in a more enlightened future, we will have a memorial day commemorating school children lost to mass shootings," writes columnist Michael Paul Williams.
The adjustments being considered are part of greater efforts by town authorities to get a better grip on how Virginia Tech student gatherings, particularly pre-game parties, have evolved.
Buried in a bundle of updates to Roanoke County Public Schools’ policy manual last week were two proposals concerning recent topics of debate locally and nationally — controversial library books and classroom discussions.
Luke Priddy said Wednesday he’s running for Roanoke City Council.
Roanoke County’s elected officials agree the school system is in need of a new career and technical education facility — but when it will happen is still up for debate.
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.