Travelers often associate vibrant cultural scenes, diverse dining, and lively nightlife with big, expensive urban centers, ...

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A music hall, Spanish restaurant and boutique hotel are reviving a historic Downtown Roanoke building, thanks to Freedom ...

City Council members offered positive comments about an Equity and Empowerment Advisory Board plan to make sure action ...

Council approved the formation of the Roanoke Convention Center Hotel Local Development Corporation at the Dec. 9 meeting and decided to meet in early 2026 for a workshop to further discuss its ...

The City of Roanoke announced that all PARK Roanoke garages will transition to a " fully gateless parking system" on Monday, ...

As crowds packed downtown Roanoke for the city’s Christmas Parade, the work to make the event possible started hours earlier.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/Downtown Roanoke, Inc.) - The Roanoke Valley’s largest holiday celebration, Delta Dental Dickens of a ...

A Downtown Roanoke Attraction is turning 42 and getting a little work down to keep it fresh.  WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno ...

A casino would require the state legislature’s approval, and local legislators’ opposition suggests it may be an uphill climb ...

The Fork in the Market in downtown Roanoke could soon be firing up the grills and cranking up the music again as it hopes to ...

The Roanoke History Museum and the O. Winston Link Museum have launched the first-ever Deck the Doors fundraiser, featuring ...