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Born in Saltville, Texas Gladden of western Roanoke County was considered a folk singer of the highest stature.

Dark clouds forming; distant thunder sounding; a chilly breeze — a somber backdrop influenced the choice of topics for this week’s submission. Thus a sad story is at hand.

Rehab of the Roanoke River Bridge is expected to be finished in June and repairs needed to stabilize slope failures near mileposts 119.7 and 127.9 are expected to conclude by

National Park Service officials announced that multiple road projects on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke are scheduled to be completed.

“Mosaic” is a cliché often applied to the craft of storytelling, the correspondence between the two, roughly speaking, said to be elements of a tale fitting together to form a

Before bidding farewell to Samuel Aldrich Crozer, one of Roanoke’s pioneering industrial magnates, some final keystrokes remain to be applied to that chapter of his biography and the accompanying history

An unexpected discovery of previous family ties to Roanoke recently startled a current resident, prompting her to want to know more.

A Roanoke woman shares memories of growing up as the caretakers daughter at the Mill Mountain Zoo in the 1950s.

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the primary fundraising partner for the National Park Service’s Blue Ridge Parkway, collects an estimated $500,000 every year from North Carolina specialty license plates featuring

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the primary fundraising partner for the National Park Service’s Blue Ridge Parkway, collects an estimated $500,000 every year from North Carolina specialty license plates featuring