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Your week in the Star City, in about ten minutes. Every Monday, we cover the biggest local news and run down the best events happening around the Roanoke Valley. Locally curated, AI-narrated. We pull from great local sources like the Roanoke Times, WDBJ, WSLS, and Cardinal News — and we encourage you to support them.
Unknown Host hosts The Roanoke Weekly, a news show with 14 episodes published.
The Roanoke region has crossed from drought warning into drought emergency status. We've received 57% of the rain we should have by this point in the year, and statewide this is now the second-driest water year on record
For the first time in its 22-year history, the Western Virginia Water Authority has activated its drought contingency plan, asking residents and businesses across Roanoke, Salem, and beyond to cut back. Carvins Cove Rese
A botched rollout cracked open a bigger debate. After Roanoke approved 75 Flock "Raven" gunshot-detection devices, a data-entry error left a batch installed at the wrong locations — including on a resident's property she
Early voting is already underway. Ahead of an August 4th primary, nine candidates are running for three open seats on Roanoke City Council — including incumbents Peter Volosin and Vivian Sanchez-Jones, a five-way Democra
Early voting is already underway. Ahead of an August 4th primary, nine candidates are running for three open seats on Roanoke City Council — including incumbents Peter Volosin and Vivian Sanchez-Jones, a five-way Democra
The biggest jobs news the valley has seen in 30 years: Austrian skincare and supplement maker RINGANA is bringing its first U.S. headquarters, production, and distribution operation to Roanoke — an $85 million investment
On Saturday, the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford marked two anniversaries at once: 82 years since the Normandy landings, and 25 years since the memorial itself opened. Fourteen names were added to its wall of the dead
Roanoke City Council adopted a $421.5M FY27 budget in a 5–2 vote, closing a $19M shortfall without raising taxes by cutting roughly 30 positions and pulling $50M from the capital improvement plan. The real estate tax rat
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4–3 on Friday to strike down the April redistricting referendum, voiding the new 10–1 map voters had narrowly approved. The 2024 congressional maps stay in effect for November. The local
The Virginia Supreme Court could rule any day on whether to throw out the redistricting referendum. Reps. Ben Cline of Botetourt and Morgan Griffith of Salem are among the plaintiffs trying to overturn the result, and fo
Virginia voters narrowly approved a mid-decade redistricting referendum, redrawing Roanoke's 6th Congressional District from heavily red to slightly blue — and the local field is already shifting. Sam Rasoul announced he
The 2026 Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon brought thousands of runners downtown Saturday, with an estimated $2 million economic impact. Plus: Roanoke and Carilion Clinic launch RoVa Labs, a biotech incubator projected t
Virginia Tech President Tim Sands announces he's stepping down after 12 years — and questions swirl about whether the timing is political. Plus: the Rail Yard Dawgs sweep Birmingham 13-1 to advance in the President's Cup
The community responds to Google's $3 billion data center in Botetourt County — supporters see a generational investment, critics want answers on water. Plus: Vinton's new War Memorial Park opens with a playground, skate
Our first episode — Google officially announces a $3 billion data center in Botetourt County, the city and schools face budget cuts, thousands rally for No Kings, Blacksburg preps for legal marijuana, UVA women make Marc
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