The Roanoke Rambler

09/12/2025

Happy Friday! Coming in #3 most popular in our 2nd year: Greyhound pulled out of manning a new station expressly built for the company. This birthday month, we're highlighting your top 4 stories over each of our 4 years. Want more community-funded local news in the years ahead? Join your neighbors in becoming a sustaining member today. Link in comments.

09/12/2025

What's going on in Roanoke this weekend? Check out the only events calendar you'll ever need. Sign up today to get Happenings in your inbox each Wednesday. Link in comments.

09/11/2025

Which Roanoke food trucks do you need to try? This birthday month, we're highlighting your top 4 stories over each of our 4 years. On to Year 2, this story from Layla Khoury-Hanold came in #4: Story link in comments.

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09/11/2025

Public bodies on Wednesday agreed to front-load as much as $300 million to secure a potential Google data center in Botetourt County — with the expectation the tech giant will reimburse them. Learn more: Story link in comments.

09/10/2025

Roanoke's once-notorious 11th Street Northwest is now attracting city revitalization efforts. But some of the street’s most prominent leaders — including Xavier Duckett and Darlene Lewis — feel an old pattern reemerging: outside investors arrive late, overlook those already doing the work and decide what communities need without asking them first.

From our Report for America corps member Sinclair Holian: Story link in comments.

09/09/2025

🥁 What was your top story from our first year? 🥁

Refresh your memory below with our 2022 story about teacher claims of low morale under Salem High School's then-principal.

This birthday month, we're highlighting your top 4 stories over each of our 4 years. Want more community-funded local news in the years ahead? Join your neighbors in becoming a sustaining member today. Story link in comments.

09/08/2025

This birthday month, we're highlighting your top 4 stories over each of our 4 years. Coming in #2 from our 1st year: this story about renewed outrage over a 2016 fight at Salem High School. Want more community-funded local news in the years ahead? Join your neighbors in becoming a sustaining member today. Story link in comments.

09/08/2025

A Habitat for Humanity volunteer who fell from the second floor of a house is suing the Roanoke Valley chapter for $12 million. Story link in comments.

The Roanoke Habitat for Humanity chapter is negligent because it did not provide proper training or safety measures, the lawsuit alleges.

09/05/2025

This birthday month, we're highlighting your top 4 stories over each of our 4 years. From our 1st year, a story on police mistakes in a councilman's embezzlement probe ranked 3rd. Do you want more community-funded local news in the years ahead? Please join your neighbors in becoming a sustaining member today! Story link in comments.

09/04/2025

This birthday month, we're highlighting your top 4 stories over each of our 4 years. From our 1st year, a story about Roanoke City Council candidates caught your 4th-place eyes.

Do you want more community-funded local news in the years ahead? Please join your neighbors in becoming a sustaining member today! Story link in comments.

09/04/2025

ICYMI: Layla Khoury-Hanold's latest Corner Booth column includes a new sourdough bread trend as well as details on numerous restaurant openings. Link in comments.