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I was born in the Dutch Republic in the year of our Lord, 1654. My earliest memory is of gripping a rain-bitten wood rail and ...

The city failed to budget enough money for youth programs run by The Foundry, leading to discord and lost revenue, an audit ...

City Council disagreed whether to adopt the plan sooner as a standalone or to formally incorporate it later into the city’s master plan. The sun sets on Roanoke in late July, 2023, the Earth's hottest ...

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Report For America has selected The Rambler as a 2025 host newsroom to bring a segregation reporter to Roanoke.

Danville Police Chief Scott Booth, at podium, speaks during a grand opening in December 2021 of a youth center in a former police precinct. Booth is Roanoke's top finalist to become the next police ...

Find the information you need to make an informed decision in our compendium of the 2024 races for Roanoke mayor and City Council. Welcome to The Rambler’s compendium of the 2024 races for Roanoke ...

Valmarie Turner, Fairfax’s deputy city manager, will become Roanoke’s next city manager in mid-January, following a unanimous verdict from City Council on Monday,, Dec. 2, 2024. PHOTO BY HENRI ...

not to change at all, or if so imperceptibly. Two dozen times if once I vowed to stop by the fence. I believed we’d both ...

Roanoke’s Republican mayoral candidate David Bowers rips up a prepared concession speech after hearing favorable Election Day results at a watch party at Sidewinders Steak House and Saloon on Tuesday, ...

Vivian Sanchez-Jones, a Democrat, is one of nine candidates in the regular Roanoke City Council election Nov. 8, 2022. In advance of the Nov. 8 election for Roanoke City Council, The Roanoke Rambler ...