Beth Macy, former Roanoke Times reporter and author of the 2018 book Dopesick, announced she is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 6th district as a Democrat.

Beth Macy's new book is called, 'Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice and The Future of American's Overdose Crisis.'

The author of the best-selling book turned Emmy-nominated Hulu series “Dopesick,” filmed in parts of the Highlands, is returning back to familiar grounds.

Local journalists are calling for change as they walk a picket line in downtown Roanoke.

The former Roanoke Times press building has sold for $2.2 million and plans of redeveloping the property into an apartment complex are underway.

Big city living is coming to downtown Roanoke, according to the developer of a major apartment project.

The Hulu show, “Dopesick” which premiered in October is based on the book by local author and former Roanoke Times reporter, Beth Macy.

Hundreds of people at the Historic Masonic Theatre in Clifton Forge got to watch their town make its debut in the new Hulu show, “Dopesick.” The people of Southwest Virginia have spoken and they’re saying the mini-series is a hit.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline is trying to find it who some of its very public online critics are.

Roanoke’s newspaper now has fewer people working to give you the news.

ROANOKE, Va – After more than a century in its current building on Campbell Avenue, the Roanoke Times is now looking for a new home. Staff at the Western Virginia Historical Society say the building is a community staple. Journalists with the Roanoke Times unionized last year to form the Timesland Guild in hopes of advocating for better wages and benefits. Ultimately, it was Berkshire Hathaway’s decision to sell the building, but the journalists of the Timesland Guild say they will continue to serve the Roanoke community. The staff at the Roanoke Times have been told they will find a new place to work from and relocate once the current building is sold.

State regulators have approved a service fee of $1.80 a month for most customers of Appalachian Power Co. in western Virginia. The Roanoke Times reported Wednesday that the fee will be used to protect lower-income customers from the increased costs of switching to renewable energy. Virginia’s Clean Economy Act requires Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy to use carbon-free sources by 2050. The program requires Appalachian and Dominion to cap the bills of their low-income customers. There are 500,000-some Appalachian customers in the western part of the state.

RICHMOND, Va. – Mountain Valley Pipeline has another two years to finish a natural gas pipeline. The Roanoke Times reports that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also lifted a stop-work order for all but a 25-mile segment of the interstate transmission line that includes the Jefferson National Forest and adjacent land. While acknowledging problems with erosion and sedimentation during the first two years of construction, FERC found that allowing the pipeline to be completed is best for both the environment and the public. In a 2-1 decision, the commission wrote that the presence of equipment, personnel, and partially completed construction is disruptive to landowners. However, new legal challenges could limit the scope of work.

RICHMOND, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reissued permits for a natural gas pipeline project in Virginia and West Virginia nearly two years after a federal appeals court invalidated them. The Roanoke Times reports that the new permits issued on Friday will allow construction to resume on the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s path across nearly 1,000 streams and wetlands. In 2018, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a corps-issued permit violated a West Virginia regulatory requirement that pipeline stream crossings must be completed within 72 hours to limit environmental harm.

ROANOKE, Va. - There's a buyer for the large Roanoke Times print building in downtown Roanoke. Waldvogel Commercial Properties staff members confirmed Tuesday that its now under contract, as signs around the property show. Staff will not be able to announce who the buyer is or how the property will be used for about another two months. The Roanoke Times doesn't use its printing press anymore. News broke in May 2018 that the building was for sale.