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Local muralist and artist Bryce Cobbs is working on ‘Rooted in Joy, ’ a mural that embraces and celebrates northwest Roanoke.
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke City Council has approved a 3 percent pay raise for city employees. The council meeting ended with all council members voting to approve the increase, which adopts ...
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — The Roanoke County Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a man who allegedly exposed himself in a store. Police say the store where the ...
ROANOKE, Va. – Hundreds gathered in downtown Roanoke on Monday for another “Hands Off” protest in response to several of President Trump’s recent actions. Protesters filled the streets ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — UPDATE: According to the Roanoke Fire-EMS Department, the fire was ruled accidental in nature. ORIGINAL: Two people were hospitalized, and over a dozen were displaced after ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Miss America 2025, Abbie Stockard of Alabama, along with CEO of Miss America Robin Fleming, will visit Roanoke for its 90th anniversary of the Miss Virginia Competition in June.
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WTVD) -- A state of emergency has been declared for the City of Roanoke Rapids. The curfew put into effect Saturday night has been lifted--for now. City Mayor E. Doughtie ...
Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain Wawa plans to open dozens of stores in Western Virginia in coming years, including one in Salem and one in Roanoke. Representatives from Wawa detailed ...
Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...
Her home might be shattered, but Roanoke Rapids mother Chelsea Gizzard is just thankful she and her son are still alive after a powerful thunderstorm blasted through town on Friday. “ ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Nationwide cuts to the VA Health Care System could be looming, but VA Secretary Doug Collins says any cuts will not impact patient care or services. Locally, at least one Veteran ...
The plume from Roanoke Island “put us in good hope that some of the colony were there expecting my return out of England,” he wrote later. Three years had passed since the governor had set out ...