The northern end of Roanoke Island was the original home of ... Walter Raleigh’s doomed efforts to settle the New World in 1585 and 1587. So doomed that these colonists disappeared without ...

It’s famous for being the first place where English settlers put their roots down in America in 1585, and many of the town’s attractions are related to the story of the Lost Colony. Roanoke Island ...

Presented here are the top theories. In 1585 John White leaves the colony of Roanoke to get supplies from England, when he returns the colonists are gone without a trace. History's greatest mysteries ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke Police are requesting the public’s assistance in searching for a missing man. Nick Fuller, 48, is described with brown/gray hair, brown eyes, 5′10″ tall, 200 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke Police K9 Knox was killed in a vehicle pursuit Friday, April 18, according to Roanoke Police. Roanoke Police observed a stolen vehicle at a gas station at 1:40 a.m ...

ROANOKE, Va. – A new project at a Roanoke County landfill will turn methane emissions into a steady stream of renewable energy—and revenue. The Roanoke Valley Resource Authority plans to make ...

After extensive renovations, Roanoke City Public Schools opened its new central office headquarters inside the former Roanoke Times building downtown. Superintendent Verletta White, school board ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Downtown Roanoke, Inc. (DRI) is rallying community support during GIVE Roanoke, the region’s largest day of giving, to raise funds for its Ambassador and Beautification programs.

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — Roanoke police said they have arrested a man for possession of child pornography. Detectives from the Roanoke Police Department’s Special Victims Unit recently arrested a ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — Virginia State Police (VSP) said a search warrant led to a drug seizure in Roanoke. On April 5, the Virginia State Police Star City Drug and Violent Crime Task Force (HIDTA ...

One big breakthrough will put Roanoke on the map as a hub for biomedical research, but upheaval at the national level is complicating progress, regional officials told Sen. Mark Warner ...