Pressed against a deadline to act, the Roanoke City Council is holding another closed meeting Friday to discuss candidates for a vacant council seat. It’s the second closed-door meeting this week.

Among those efforts is the emergency financial assistance program, which for 40-plus years has been supported by The Roanoke Times’ Good Neighbors Fund. Unfortunately, the current campaign is ...

Five people were injured in a shooting incident that took place in northwest Roanoke early Friday morning, the police department reported. Officers responded to the 4100 block of Melrose Avenue ...

The State Police Star City Drug and Violent Crime Task Force (HIDTA), along with members of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the city of Roanoke Police Department conducted the operation ...

The Roanoke Times’ Good Neighbors Fund supports the Emergency Financial Assistance Program administered by Roanoke Area Ministries. It helps families who need emergency money for utility bills ...

“Society today is afraid of hard times. Everybody wants a trophy, but nobody wants to pay the price to get it. … So we are thankful for every loss that we took.” The Hokies (11-14, 6 ...

They cite longer commute times, loss of natural habitat, a diminished sense of place, and damage to the social fabric. Some question whether our community should be accommodating this growth in ...

He served the City of Roanoke with distinction for more than 25 years, 20 on City Council, the last eight, as mayor. Former ...

The empty seat on Roanoke City Council will be filled by former Treasurer Evelyn Powers. After a second closed-door meeting this week, the council voted 4-2 on Friday to appoint Powers to the ...

A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 4:40 p.m. in effect until 10:45 p.m. The warning is for the Roanoke Area, Radford and Salem as well as Bland ...

I am writing this from Nepal, where our partner, the anti-trafficking organization Shakti Samuha, is reeling over the announcement of the president's stoppage of foreign aid to groups like theirs ...

Rocky Forge Wind, a project of Apex Clean Energy of Charlottesville, is fully permitted and will likely begin construction in Botetourt County this spring. This is something to celebrate and brag ...