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The Gist: 7th Annual Writers Conference

Novelist Sheri Reynolds of Cape Charles is the keynote speaker for the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference, 7th Edition at Hollins University Jan. 24-25.

The Gist: Triumph for Tourism

Local Governments Earn Leadership Award

At LeisureMedia360: Not the Same Ring?

As The Roanoker’s parent company takes on a new name, a column header and much more are undergoing change.

Making Movies in the ‘Noke

For Sara Elizabeth Timmins and Andrea Shreeman, the combination of the place, the people and the funding makes the Roanoke area their personal set for creating films.

More Fall Fashion

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the photo shoot for our Fall fashion preview, featured in our September/October 2013 issue!

Get Your Derby On!

Want to see the Star City Roller Girls in action? Check out this video of their inaugural home bout by StarCityFame! Plus, more photos by Sam Dean we didn't have room to show you in our May/June issue!

Dubious Achievement Awards All-Stars

Think this year’s crop of baffling blunders is hard to believe? Check out our top 10 moments to forget from the last decade!

How the Grinch Almost Stole Explore Park

Wreck of the ‘ol 29281

Seventy years ago this winter, a B-25 aircraft carrying five crew members slammed into the side of Sharp Top Mountain. Pieces of the wreckage – silent and eerie reminders of the men and of another era – are still strewn on the mountainside.

One Year in Roanoke: 1921

Women’s suffrage helped spawn Roanoke’s first libraries.

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The Gist: 7th Annual Writers Conference

Novelist Sheri Reynolds of Cape Charles is the keynote speaker for the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference, 7th Edition at Hollins University Jan. 24-25.
Accepting the award – (pictured from left to right) From the City of Salem, City Manager Kevin Boggess and Mayor Randy Foley, Roanoke County Vice-Chair Charlotte Moore, Roanoke City Mayor David Bowers and Landon Howard, President of the Roanoke Valley CVB.

The Gist: Triumph for Tourism

Local Governments Earn Leadership Award
This header atop this column first appeared in the fall of 1976, back when tablets were something you’d get from the pharmacy, not an electronics store.

At LeisureMedia360: Not the Same Ring?

As The Roanoker’s parent company takes on a new name, a column header and much more are undergoing change.
Andrea Shreeman is working on a "end of life comedy" to be shot around Roanoke.

Making Movies in the ‘Noke

For Sara Elizabeth Timmins and Andrea Shreeman, the combination of the place, the people and the funding makes the Roanoke area their personal set for creating films.
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More Fall Fashion

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the photo shoot for our Fall fashion preview, featured in our September/October 2013 issue!
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Get Your Derby On!

Want to see the Star City Roller Girls in action? Check out this video of their inaugural home bout by StarCityFame! Plus, more photos by Sam Dean we didn't have room to show you in our May/June issue!
2011: Who Needs the Chippendales Award: Bon vivant/troublemaker River Laker gets (nearly) nude one night at 202.

Dubious Achievement Awards All-Stars

Think this year’s crop of baffling blunders is hard to believe? Check out our top 10 moments to forget from the last decade!
The Roanoker magazine, May 1988

How the Grinch Almost Stole Explore Park

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Wreck of the ‘ol 29281

Seventy years ago this winter, a B-25 aircraft carrying five crew members slammed into the side of Sharp Top Mountain. Pieces of the wreckage – silent and eerie reminders of the men and of another era – are still strewn on the mountainside.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1921

Women’s suffrage helped spawn Roanoke’s first libraries.
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