- Editorial: How far right can 5th District Republicans go and still win? https://www.roanoke.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-how-far-right-can-5th-district-republicans-go-and-still-win/article_8d01fa30-c0da-5f0a-be0e-be5edb2f5742.html 6 comments politics
- Cepeda: Immigrants are keeping America running during this crisis https://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/cepeda-immigrants-are-keeping-america-running-during-this-crisis/article_8b5baabc-28cf-5a1a-980e-3e996fcb1f5a.html 3 comments politics
- Roanoke College poll shows Democratic candidates lead Trump in Virginia https://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/roanoke-college-poll-shows-democratic-candidates-lead-trump-in-virginia/article_b79ee426-bfd3-5ae8-8c16-4cbf2922e1b2.html 12 comments politics
- Senate seeks to link minimum wage increase to regions' median income https://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/senate-seeks-to-link-minimum-wage-increase-to-regions-median/article_020d6db3-89de-597d-8352-9e06be890960.html 28 comments politics
- Capitol police clear committee room after uproar following passage of gun control bill https://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/capitol-police-clear-committee-room-after-uproar-following-passage-of/article_849a4fa6-54ad-5737-9034-84254de43a14.html 335 comments politics
- Devereaux: Rural Virginia needs Medicare for All https://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/devereaux-rural-virginia-needs-medicare-for-all/article_855fa9bb-6265-5bb6-b48e-9fb8c11e4be1.html 10 comments politics
- Citing U.S., Virginia constitutions, Roanoke council rebuffs call for gun rights sanctuary https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/citing-u-s-virginia-constitutions-roanoke-council-rebuffs-call-for/article_c5956f5d-11f7-5ea3-9e6e-39d5fe33f1a5.html 15 comments politics
- Nixon announces his resignation, 45 years ago today https://www.roanoke.com/news/trending/photo-archive-nixon-announces-his-resignation-years-ago/collection_e3bce7fc-c283-5fd9-bc79-52c94a03db49.html 109 comments politics
- Virginia Tech will check students into Holiday Inn for upcoming school year https://www.roanoke.com/news/education/virginia-tech-will-check-students-into-holiday-inn-for-upcoming/article_77f845f9-4995-5336-8137-33c7f3ecde51.html 14 comments nottheonion
- Editorial: Where does Virginia go from here? https://www.roanoke.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-where-does-virginia-go-from-here/article_6f4652ee-11db-5c92-8f5c-7373779ac64b.html 14 comments moderatepolitics
- Kid achieves life goal of running from cops, doesn’t get away https://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/man-leads-police-on-high-speed-chase-across-counties/article_e594151b-58f7-5656-a094-042d3aa73921.html 8 comments worldnews
- Williamson Road burglars make off with a haul of right shoes https://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/roanoke_county/williamson-road-burglars-make-off-with-a-haul-of-right/article_12798600-182d-54f3-809d-e1b51dddee6c.html 3 comments nottheonion
- Meet Nicolas Cage, the (unwitting) face of Roanoke's covert anti-poop crusade https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/meet-nicolas-cage-the-unwitting-face-of-roanoke-s-covert/article_6f83c354-28c5-531b-9c18-19905e5107b4.html 3 comments nottheonion
- School honoring Confederate general to be renamed for Obama https://www.roanoke.com/news/nation/wire/school-honoring-confederate-general-to-be-renamed-for-obama/article_e1505d78-c88f-557d-b524-0d4f130c62bb.html 134 comments politics
- Northam orders Virginia National Guard helicopter crew to return from border amid family separation controversy http://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/northam-orders-virginia-national-guard-helicopter-crew-to-return-from/article_3f1bb791-c0a1-55ee-a613-1dabc1f72fb4.html 3 comments politics
- Wilson: Trump can't tell the truth http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/letters/wilson-trump-can-t-tell-the-truth/article_14418e6d-3e28-5846-9200-fa29fa74c982.html 30 comments politics
- Ed Gillespie, Ralph Northam tied in new Roanoke College poll http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/ed-gillespie-ralph-northam-tied-in-new-roanoke-college-poll/article_c40e1fc2-9e92-5a09-8045-9bf95e0c1e33.html 7 comments politics
- Opposition-organized town hall draws crowd, questions for 'cardboard' congressman http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/opposition-organized-town-hall-draws-crowd-questions-for-cardboard-congressman/article_04fbaeb3-0654-510f-bd31-1a63271f238f.html 3 comments politics
- UVa faculty, students ask Sullivan not to quote Jefferson http://www.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/uva-faculty-students-ask-sullivan-not-to-quote-jefferson/article_a6ee1bff-e800-5b63-820c-5ded64ef668d.html 16 comments nottheonion
- Georgia gov says he 'misspoke' with 'colored people' remark http://www.roanoke.com/news/nation/wire/georgia-gov-says-he-misspoke-with-colored-people-remark/article_ef28fce1-9677-50df-bfad-5f8fc78efa4f.html 12 comments politics
- Google tests of delivering burritos by drone underway in Blacksburg http://www.roanoke.com/business/spotted-video-captures-google-delivering-burritos-by-drone-in-blacksburg/article_935087d3-af6c-5eca-b898-26a890456117.html 4 comments nottheonion
- Unger: The News Media Ignore Inconvenient Facts -- Those accusing Bill Clinton of being a sexual predator didn't fare so well. Hillary Rodham Clinton immediately formed a "bimbo eruption" team that labelled the women liars, threatened them with litigation, and described them as "trailer park trash." http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/letters/unger-the-news-media-ignore-inconvenient-facts/article_fa5848f1-68f6-535d-a14d-c7f5a72916e6.html 17 comments politics
- My hometown is getting a hockey team. Can I get flair? http://www.roanoke.com/sports/new-hockey-team-will-be-called-the-rail-yard-dawgs/article_b78195cd-0968-569a-9cdf-73d8c868873c.html 9 comments hockey
- Roanoke Mayor: “I’m reminded that President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to sequester Japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of Pearl Harbor,” he said, and it appears that the threat of harm to America from ISIS now is just as real and serious as that from our enemies then.” http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/roanoke-mayor-david-bowers-no-syrian-refugees-to-roanoke-valley/article_e1e4234e-006f-558f-bc94-dd566796c261.html 23 comments politics
- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore officially filed paperwork Wednesday to run for president. http://www.roanoke.com/hold/news/jim-gilmore-enters-presidential-race/article_08a081f6-75e2-5d7a-ab30-f3b1a7174d2c.html 6 comments politics
- Former Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore says he will run for president: "Gilmore would become the 17th prominent Republican in the field, not counting Mark Everson, former IRS commissioner under President George W. Bush." http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/former-va-gov-jim-gilmore-says-he-will-run-for/article_23d619f7-1a9f-55d3-a9c2-249d4cc59894.html 5 comments politics
- Virginia plans to pull politics out of transportation spending http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/virginia-plans-to-pull-politics-out-of-transportation-spending/article_5d7518b5-5c77-5457-806d-37ed5f294594.html 3 comments politics
- When lobbyists and corporations can hide behind PACS and donate unlimited amounts of money to the very politicians who are voting for their bills, we have a problem. http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/denham-rally-to-drive-money-out-of-politics/article_786a76e6-4295-596c-8173-ed27be634c40.html 3 comments politics
- Group wants to set new system for redistricting http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/group-wants-to-set-new-system-for-redistricting/article_d0682be0-c8e9-11e3-b9c7-0017a43b2370.html 13 comments politics
- Startup in VA says it's building a 3D body scanner for gyms that will be able to tell you if your bicep grows by 1 millimeter http://www.roanoke.com/news/article_27345204-816a-11e3-9901-001a4bcf6878.html 11 comments technology
- Google Glass Explorer: "It’s great for picking up girls." http://www.roanoke.com/news/2137229-12/google-glass-testers-peer-into-the-future.html 6 comments technology
- Republicans filibustered Obama's high priority cybersecurity bill to safeguard infrastructure like grids - today big oil hit with malware http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/312495 3 comments politics
- Radford bakery that turned Biden away sells out of 'freedom cookies' http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/312876 6 comments politics
- Lone Star tick bites may cause development of allergy to red meat, with symptoms appearing several hours after meat consumption. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/253939 3 comments science
- Study finds high school girls typically share 100 text messages a day (THAT'S ALL!?) http://www.roanoke.com/theedge/teenstories/wb/244098 5 comments reddit.com
- "While his organization doesn't condone such behavior, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Andy Sere said Rep. Perriello is not the victim." http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/241055 4 comments reddit.com
- Democrat worried that the public option could get "too popular". Heaven forbid the government provide a popular service for less than the private sector! http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/215813 6 comments politics
- Shifty Powers, WWII sniper featured in "Band of Brothers", passes away at 86. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/208832 12 comments reddit.com
- Virginia continuies to sell lottery tickets even after all jackpots are won. http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/165178 2 comments reddit.com
- David Sedaris says his comedic essays are true, but they have never been enslaved by facts. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-112712 7 comments reddit.com