Almost seven decades ago this month, a Charlottesville woman took up a pen and for the first time wrote a letter to Virginia’s governor.

We have in our possession an item so potent that at least one Roanoke Valley school system has taken great pains to make sure no grade school …

We’ve opined on a number of heavy topics in recent weeks. Today we’re going to take a breather, and contemplate space, time, alternate realiti…

Editorial cartoons that appeared in the print edition of The Roanoke Times during the week of June 20-26, 2022. (Click arrows to view.)

With the conclusion of Tuesday’s Democratic primary, the 2022 Roanoke City Council races have perhaps assumed their ultimate form — and what a…

Wonder of wonders, the day we called for the U.S. Senate to get something, anything done on common sense gun regulations (June 12, “Gun violen…

Biden's gas tax holiday a desperate, terrible idea

Editorial cartoons that appeared in the print edition of The Roanoke Times during the week of June 13-19, 2022. (Click arrows to view.)

A $250,000 grant given to an institution bearing the name of a prominent Roanoke family will help to give those of us who live in the Roanoke …