As winter temperatures drop, Roanoke’s network of existing homeless services has helped reduce the region’s homeless ...

ROANOKE, Va. – A deadly fire that ripped through a Downtown Roanoke home on Tuesday killed one man and left ten people homeless. Some of the tenants were experiencing homelessness not too long ago.

Roanoke is forming a task force to seek solutions to homelessness, adding to ongoing assistance efforts for people facing the difficulties of living without housing. Mayor Joe Cobb is calling it the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Homelessness and the issues that come with it have come under the spotlight in Roanoke in recent months. One local organization working to prevent homelessness in our hometowns ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - As temperatures grow colder, the Roanoke community gathered at a local church Thursday to remember those who lost their lives while homeless. Greene Memorial United Methodist ...

The mayors of Roanoke and Salem were among the first in the nation to join a call by first lady Michelle Obama to be part of a national Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. Roanoke’s David ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Least of These Ministries (TLOT), a local non-profit serving hundreds in the homeless population throughout the Roanoke Valley, says they are in urgent need of volunteers.

Over 8,000 people 'moved their feet, so others can eat.' ...

Amid a national climate of increased scrutiny of Muslims following a mass shooting in California and the rhetoric of some Republican presidential candidates, members of a local mosque made a donation ...

Roanoke, VA - As schools take off for the Thanksgiving Break it is easy for some to forget there are homeless students among them. In Lynchburg alone, 83 homeless students are currently being tracked.

A legal team hopes end what it sees as Virginia’s abusive incarceration of homeless alcoholics for repeated alcohol offenses. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Roanoke federal court, the ...