Battle lines are being drawn over who will fill the remaining two years of Roanoke Mayor Joe Cobb’s vacant City Council seat.

The science of falling things smashed our street. Now it plants acorns in the Carolina clay where the red mud welcomes every ...

Roanoke property owners are seeing an average 8 percent increase in their real estate tax bills this year, a historically ...

The parking garage beside the Amtrak platform has been closed since April, when city officials deemed the structure unsafe.

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An affordable housing developer proposes building a 155-unit apartment complex on the properties between Bullitt and Jamison avenues, as seen above. PHOTO BY HENRI GENDREAU FOR THE ROANOKE RAMBLER For ...

Crews plan to significantly expand the trail system on Mill Mountain this spring, adding four miles of new pathways for hiking, running, biking or any non-motorized use. Above, the view of a trail in ...

The head of the Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission submitted his resignation last week. Local governments task the commission with coordinating the planning, development and maintenance of trails for ...

A view of Mill Mountain under a 2022 snowfall. Want to see your photo in Happenings? Send us your best recognizably Roanoke shots to [email protected]. We scoured 30 disparate community ...

I’m excited to announce that The Rambler is hiring a Managing Editor to advance our journalism and support our growth as a hyper-local and investigative digital media outlet. This journalist will be a ...

'Council Isn't Immune': Property Values Are Rising. Here's How Much Elected Leaders' Homes Went Up. Roanoke property owners are seeing an average 8 percent increase in their real estate tax bills this ...

We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to. Want to know when the next City Council meeting takes place? Curious about what there is to do this weekend? We’ve got you ...