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Five years since the 2020 census, recently released population estimates show both opportunity and challenges for localities in the Roanoke and New River Valley.

2025年2月14日 · Pressed against a deadline to act, the Roanoke City Council is holding another closed meeting Friday to discuss candidates for a vacant council seat. It’s the second closed-door meeting this week.

Powered largely by an increase in real estate tax payments, city government revenue is projected to surpass $400 million this year in Roanoke, officials said Monday.

After years plagued by tardy yellow buses, school board members in Roanoke cheered when they heard that buses are arriving on time at a 96% rate this year.

2025年2月10日 · Lacking timely consensus on who should become the seventh member of the Roanoke City Council, the six current members are deferring to a judge’s decision in what some say is an unprecedented move.

The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce is moving from its downtown office to a new space in the Varsity Park Business Center at 1948 Franklin Road later this spring.

2025年2月8日 · Roanoke resident Joycelyn Kasey said she has a gripe with the city’s real estate valuation office. The tax value of her home on Welcome Valley Road went up by 17% this year.

2025年2月11日 · A one-time tenant of the former Norfolk Southern Corp. office building in downtown Roanoke has settled a lawsuit that accused it of moving out early and leaving its rent unpaid.

2025年2月12日 · Blue Ridge Behavioral HealthCare held an open house Wednesday for its new Crisis Receiving Center — a first-of-its-kind facility in the Roanoke region.