Officials are meeting with state transportation officials later this month to advocate for changes in the scoring system.
An experienced town manager and former social studies teacher has been named the new city manager for Radford.
A new officer is commanding the Radford Army Ammunition Plant after a change of command ceremony held Thursday.
Kids from the West End Center for Youth cannonballed into summer at the new Washington Park Pool in Northwest Roanoke on Friday afternoon.
“The goal is we don't want anyone to return to homelessness,” Mayor Joe Cobb said.
Building inspectors in the three counties surrounding Smith Mountain Lake are providing guidance for the public and instituting new rules following the drowning of a teen last year due to stray voltage around the dock where he was swimming.
Included in the total $244.55 million budget is a more than $400,000 increase for the city’s school system.
The approved budget includes a one-cent decrease in the real estate tax rate and increased funding for Roanoke County Public Schools.
The Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad received the prestigious Governor’s Award for Outstanding Emergency Medical Services from Gov. Glenn Youngkin at a May 19 ceremony marking the first day of National EMS Week.
It’s been about 14 months since demolition began on the old Wasena Main Street bridge, built in 1938. Officials initially planned for the new bridge to be ready by spring 2026, but it’s now looking more like early summer.
Blacksburg is considering building a new community center, in addition to its 1981-built facility. A survey closes May 27.
On the same day Roanoke City Council approved taxes to disincentivize ownership of blighted and derelict property, it heard an update about a city-owned property that has long been boarded up.
“There's a longstanding set of safety challenges related to transportation along Williamson Road,” a consultant said. “Some of the crash statistics are quite eye-opening.”
“I was down for 27 minutes,” Richmond Vincent said. “I stand before you, I’m on borrowed time right now.”
City employees as well as the Roanoke City Council are receiving pay raises in July.
Blacksburg has hired its new police chief from the town of Marion in Smyth County.
Wasena Park is a construction hotspot in Roanoke, with a new bridge, a skatepark and an in-water park coming to the neighborhood.
The city of Roanoke hosted a kickoff event for the construction of an in-river park and a skatepark located off the Roanoke River Greenway at Wasena Park.
Rocky Mount 2026 fiscal year budget includes a 6% increase to monthly water and wastewater rates and a $2 residential and $4 commercial rate increase for solid waste collection.
“We do have major capital needs that we need to address, and I believe that we have some trust to rebuild with our residents,” said Vice Mayor Terry McGuire.
The budget includes a raise for city employees and a 2 cent decrease in the real estate tax rate. Due to the recent reassessment, property owners still will see a 6.47% effective tax increase.
Montgomery County’s newest park, Teel Park in Riner, is nearing completion.
“I got a derelict property on my street,” one city council member said. “On the corner.”
“Don't place this burden on these small, independent businesses that give Roanoke such vibrancy and character," a restaurant owner said.
“This attack on poor people, it shouldn't be that way," said Roanoke's housing authority director. "The attack should be on poverty, not poor people.”
Pulaski County will cut the ribbon to mark the reopening of the Evelyn Alexander Waterpark on June 4.
Roanoke’s equity board — comprised of volunteer citizen members who have a constitutional right to assemble — met Thursday night at the Melrose branch Library, joined briefly by Mayor Joe Cobb.
Crowds gathered along Franklin Road in Roanoke Thursday evening for a May Day rally protesting Trump administration policies.
Early voting begins Friday across the state in a Democratic primary election for lieutenant governor and attorney general and in House of Delegates and local race primaries, including two House races in the Roanoke area and board of supervisors primaries in Botetourt, Floyd and Montgomery counties.