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Roanoke Just Got $6.25 Million to Rip the Lead Out of Its Oldest Houses. Here's What That Actually Means

Roanoke has one of the oldest housing stocks in Virginia. Roughly 80 percent of owner-occupied homes and 76 percent of ...
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Artemis 2026 celebrates its 50th anniversary since beginning in 1977 publishing over 3k poems

The stars were shining brightly over the Star City Friday evening as poets, artists, community leaders, and lovers of the ...
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Where the Data Centers Could Go

If it isn’t a data center coming to Roanoke, it sure looks, walks, chooses spots and draws immediate anti-data center opposition like one. On Friday, the announcement of a potential sale of the Wood ...
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Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 3/18 to 3/25.

Blossoms and facades in downtown Roanoke are shown from a past March image. ROANOKE RAMBLER FILE PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU. Have a "recognizably Roanoke" photo for Happenings? Email us at ...
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Affordable Housing: Questioning the Meaning of Zero and the Importance of the Caper Report

The PowerPoint presenting the annual report was left out in a sparsely attended City Council meeting, with no mention of the many zeros filling out this year’s scorecard for federal Affordable Housing ...
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Kathy Cohen Enters Roanoke Council Race, Criticizes Recent School Funding Cut

Kathy Cohen is the first challenger to enter the 2026 race for Roanoke City Council. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE CANDIDATE Retired Temple Emanuel Rabbi Kathy Cohen is running for Roanoke City Council, ...
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The data center debate hits home a mile and a half into Roanoke County, tracking an infrastructure footprint partially owned and aggressively developed by the City. Beth Macy has outraised Ben Cline ...
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Roanoke City Council Told That Assistant City Manager Verbally Attacked, Physically Threatened Employee, Emails Show

“In all my professional career, I have never been so brutally attacked,” an employee wrote to Roanoke City Council about an interaction with then-Assistant City Manager Brent Robertson in March. After ...
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Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 8/21 to 8/28.

A view of downtown Roanoke in June 2024 from the Second Street Bridge. Have a "recognizably Roanoke" photo for Happenings? Email us at editor@roanokerambler.com for a chance to be featured in this ...
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Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You’ll Ever Need. Week of 3/4 to 3/11.

The Wells Fargo Tower and Roanoke Amtrak platform as seen in April 2025. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ROANOKE RAMBLER. Have a "recognizably Roanoke" photo for Happenings? Email us at ...
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New Coffee Shops Keep Percolating in Roanoke's Old Southwest Neighborhood

From a focus on in-season beans to a coffee shop and bakery, Roanoke's Old Southwest neighborhood is getting new places to java. The Second Café team, Charlie Claus, left, and Sadie Smith, right, want ...