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After years of careful planning, the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority (VRFA) sold the grounds of Explore Park to ...
From parking improvements to upgrading the area around Amtrak, the City of Roanoke is making significant enhancements to ...
The 19th annual Festival of India hosted by the India Heritage Society took place in Roanoke’s Elmwood Park Saturday evening.
This week in history: the Roanoke colony is lost, three years to the day after the birth of Virginia Dare. Also: Orville Wright is born in 1871; the first African slaves are brought to Virginia in ...
Roanoke County has taken ownership of all of Explore Park, including 388 acres located in Bedford County. This marks the ...
During yesterday afternoon’s Roanoke County Board of Supervisors meeting, members voted unanimously to authorize the ...
In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina.