While America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, Roanoke is remembering Virginia Lee, a librarian whose protection of Black literature helped sustain Roanoke’s community through segregation and beyond.

Roanoke Public Libraries released their schedules and availability for their Summer 2025 Feed & Read Program. The program is designed to help feed those under the age of 18.

For the first time ever, Roanoke Public Libraries is hosting a free Halloween costume swap.

The new policy will go into effect on July 1 at libraries in Botetourt County, City of Roanoke, City of Salem, and Roanoke County.

Holiday family pictures are back at Roanoke Public Libraries throughout November.

September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, and the manager of youth services at Roanoke Public Libraries said if you don’t already have a library card, what are you waiting for?

On Friday, the Roanoke Public Libraries will host its first-ever Run for Refugees Fun Run/Walk 5K & Kids’ 1K.

Libraries and vaccinations seem like an unlikely pair, but Roanoke Public Libraries has been working behind the scenes to help get people vaccinated.

ROANOKE, Va – Community organizations in Roanoke are hosting a fun way to share some of the city’s history this week. Roanoke Public Libraries and Parks and Recreation are hosting a story walk this week to debut the new bilingual Roanoke baby book. Every baby born at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital gets a copy of the book, but this is the first year the book is also being printed in Spanish. “It is so important that we embrace our diversity, and so we just love the idea of and we also have a lot of parents that want their children to learn Spanish or English and so it just seemed like a nice way to do it and start early very early literacy with that,” director of libraries Sheila Umberger said. There will be several other story walks taking place this week:

ROANOKE, Va. – The weather was gloomy across the Roanoke Valley on Saturday, but children in Northwest Roanoke still found a way to have fun outside. Roanoke Public Libraries hosted its annual Melrose Fall Festival Saturday afternoon. The event took place outside of its Melrose branch since all Roanoke libraries are still mostly closed to visitors. The festival also showcased the Kiwanis playground next to the library, which opened less than two months ago. Cox believes the library and the playground combine to make an essential outlet for kids, especially during COVID-19 and virtual classes.

Daniel Bubar takes over as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia today. The Campbell County School Board and Board of Supervisors will hold a joint meeting today to hear initial construction plans for Rustburg Middle School. Earlier this year, the county issued a request for bids to construct a new school, designed for 750 students. Due to COVID-19 protocols, the presentation will be streamed via Zoom starting at 6:30 p.m.Renovations will begins today at the Gainsboro Branch Library in Roanoke. There’s a drive-thru job fair today at the Berglund Center in Roanoke.

ROANOKE, Va. – Ahead of the start of flu season, Carilion is offering free flu vaccines for those 18 and older. Carilion has partnered with both the Roanoke Public Libraries and the Redevelopment and Housing Authority to offer 14 free flu vaccine clinics in the upcoming weeks. Pre-registration is encouraged and can be done online or by contacting Carilion Direct at (540) 266-6000 or Toll-Free (800) 422-8482.