The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is reflected in the approved budget, which is less than 1% higher than the current budget.
The Franklin County Board of Supervisors will seek feedback Tuesday on two new tax proposals made possible by recent state legislation.
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The county - due to action by the state - would be allowed to collect a tax on tobacco products beginning July 1.Â
Several council members say some kind of incentive is needed.
Allen Fulcher thought he had deactivated — twice — the registration on a 1976 Harley Davidson motorcycle that doesn't work, and which he hasn'…
For more than a decade, Virginia bicycle advocates have begged and cajoled the commonwealth to allow cyclists to travel on trains such as the …
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Roanoke County eyes additional internet expansion, but without state grant
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Botetourt County man enters board of supervisors race for Buchanan District
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Pulaski police chief retires after more than 40-year career
More than 300 homes and 26 home-based businesses in the Windsor Hills, Cave Spring and Catawba districts have been identified to receive inter…
Vinton has a new assistant town manager.
A number of readers thought I went a bit overboard in defending Reps. Ben Cline, R-Botetourt, or Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, from slings and arr…
The anniversary of the campus shooting in Christiansburg comes as those kinds of incidents have returned to the forefront over the past severa…
One commissioner of the revenue expects phone calls from taxpayers wondering why their cars — and tax payments — appreciated this year.
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He is Anthony Fauci's boss.
The Virginia legislature narrowly accepted an accelerated schedule to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, with Lt. Gov. Justin …
Roanoke is among 15 school boards in Virginia whose members are appointed and not elected. That could soon change.
Gary Roche is retiring June 1.
Since December, scores of letters to the editor have hammered the Sixth and Ninth District congressmen. But as questionable as their efforts t…
Veteran Roanoke Commissioner of the Revenue Sherman Holland did not submit qualifying paperwork to run for reelection in the Democratic primar…
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Mike Scarry, 41, and Tim Wilson, 58, are now two of four candidates running for three council seats.
County officials set aside $157,672 for farmers and delivered it in grants ranging from $1,250 to $4,000.
The reconvened session of the Virginia General Assembly will meet Wednesday, virtually in the case of the House of Delegates and in person for…
The way the Roanoke Valley transports its trash to the regional landfill will change with the closure of the nearly 30-year-old trash train in…
Republicans representing far Southwest Virginia are not necessarily embracing the Democratic governor's idea.
Paul Goldman, a former chairman of Virginia’s Democratic Party, announced Thursday he has dropped out of the race for lieutenant governor.
The race will be for a seat being vacated by Del. Nick Rush, R-Christiansburg.
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