Articles From May/June 2017

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Best of Roanoke 2017

Our readers weigh in on the best and brightest in the Roanoke Valley.
Four men pose in sports jerseys holding a hockey stick, soccer ball, football, and baseball on the Roanoker July 1995 cover.

Never Far from a Ball Game

These four men helped the Roanoke Valley briefly become “Sportstown, Virginia” in 1995 (and one with a puck instead of a ball).
Collage of barbecue ribs with hush puppies, a smiling couple, and pulled pork with coleslaw, beans and hush puppies.

For the Love of BBQ

Bill and Dremma Gaul left the world of ‘burgers decades ago, and since have worked at perfecting the tastes of various barbecue sauces. Our good fortune is that we get to taste the results of all that work–at Daleville’s Three Li’l Pigs.
Four-panel collage from Tucos: chips and salsa, a bartender by bottle shelves, a backlit tequila bar, and tacos.

Best of Two Worlds

When you don’t want to be “just a taco joint,” and you don’t want to be “just a bar,” you could come up with something as inviting as Tuco’s Taqueria Garaje.
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The A to Z of Great Progress

As Roanoke has become more aware of itself as a signature community, we're finding more ways to take care of ourselves.
Fun & Functional home collage: open living room, rainbow kids' bedroom, and a family on an indoor slide.

Fun and Functional

This remake of a ranch has created ideal living space for a family of four.
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Roanoke through the Eyes of its Architects

What are the most admired structures in the valley? And how about the least admired?
A smiling woman with long auburn hair stands before wall-mounted deer and coyote taxidermy mounts in a rustic wood-paneled shop.

Stuff It!

Miranda Patterson Jones made an interesting career change.
Three men in black polo shirts stand by a pond as a black drone with a camera hovers overhead, one holding a controller.

Making a Living with Drones

Learn more about one of the few drone video services in the region.
Four girls pose in front of a mural reading "West End Center," with painted children, trees and mountains behind them.

West End Center

How the West End Center benefits kids and families in and around the Roanoke Valley.

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