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March 20, 2008
Roanoke County School Board Adopts 6% Budget Increase
New budget increases 6% over previous budget
March 18, 2008
Roanoke City Council Candidates
THE CANDIDATES FOR ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL GET A CHANCE TO EXPRESS WHERE THEY STAND ON ISSUES IN THE STAR CITY.
March 17, 2008
Roanoke City Council narrows field to replace Alfred Dowe
At council’s Monday afternoon meeting, council members narrowed the list of 21 applicants to four.
Gov. Tim Kaine to hold town hall meeting in Roanoke tonight
The governor is holding ten meetings statewide to talk about the state budget and other issues from the just-ended legislative session.
February 28, 2008
Bowers makes 5th run for mayor, this time as independent
With the sounds of bagpipes and chants of “run David run,” David Bowers made it official, again. He’s making his fifth bid for mayor of Roanoke City after losing his last two.
February 27, 2008
Roanoke City Council will appoint replacement for Dowe
A judge ruled today (Wednesday) that state code allows for Council to appoint someone to fill the remaining two years on Dowe’s term.
February 25, 2008
Dowe resigns from state board
The fallout from allegations about Roanoke City Councilman Alfred Dowe’s spending habits continues, as Dowe has now resigned from the Board of Directors for the Department of Criminal Justice Services, or DCJS.
February 24, 2008
Republicans in state Senate united again
Defeats in November have pulled Republicans together in the state Senate this year, unifying a once-divided party into a solid minority block.
February 12, 2008
Roanoke City Precinct Changes
Power outages force Roanoke City to change some voting precincts
February 11, 2008
Huckabee In Roanoke
Huckabee tells crowd, “We just need to git er done.“ He trails John McCain by nearly 500 delegates the night before the Virginia primary.
Obama Rally Attracts Dozens in Roanoke
Barack Obama cancels his trip due to weather and fires but a rally goes on…
January 29, 2008
Uranium study plan revised
RICHMOND - A revised plan for studying whether uranium can be mined safely in Virginia surfaced in the General Assembly on Monday, driven by an environmental group’s warning that the search for an answer should start with an unbiased review by scientists.
Lynchburg-area lawmakers lay out local funding requests
Altogether, the lawmakers’ requests statewide add up to about $2 billion per year for 2008-10, but it’s not clear those requests will be anything more than a wish list.
