And with no decision from the Virginia Supreme Court on one case, and no hearing yet in another legal challenge, there is a lot of confusion about what happens now.
Local state legislators discussed the ongoing budget impasse and other key issues at a legislative session wrap-up event hosted by the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.
Franklin County is considering a sweeping rewrite of its zoning ordinance, and one proposal in the 400-plus-page draft would change rules for agricultural animals such as chickens and bees.
Many of our hometown school divisions are putting a pause on hiring while they wait for budgets to be finalized, which is causing challenges for upcoming graduates that are applying.
Overcrowding in Roanoke City Public Schools has been building for years, and district leaders say it’s now forcing some students at Preston Park Elementary into makeshift learning spaces — including hallways.
President Donald Trump says that he is pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to finalize an Iran deal, but that the American forces’ blockade of the Iranian ports would remain in place.
The School Board is discussing whether to move students from the Westyn Village neighborhood from Forest Elementary School to Otter River Elementary School due to overcapacity
The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.
