News across Greater Roanoke
City of Roanoke
Published September 30Community Organizations Can Apply for Safer Communities Grant Funding
The City of Roanoke is making $300,000 in Safer Communities grant funding available to eligible organizations for programs that support violent crime reduction efforts.
Cardinal News
Published September 25‘Dolly Parton Day’ boosts beloved singer’s Imagination Library
More than 31,000 children under age 5 across Southwest and Southside Virginia receive free books each month through the program.
Cardinal News
Published September 23Federal grant will help Mount Rogers Community Services expand access to suicide prevention training
The three-year award will help the agency teach hundreds more people to recognize warning signs and connect people to behavioral health services.
Cardinal News
Published September 16United Way of Southwest Virginia to host a disaster preparedness summit
The nonprofit organization was prompted to put on the event after witnessing the destruction brought to the region by storms in 2024 and 2025.
WVIA Public Media
Published September 13A TikTok-famous masked superhero is roaming the streets of Roanoke, Virginia
NPRs Ayesha Rascoe talks to The Roanoke Raven, a local Virginia "superhero" who highlights the work of nonprofits at events and in social media videos.
Cardinal News
Published September 11On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, first responders climb Lane Stadium steps to honor those who were lost
“I want to respect and do everything I can to carry forward the memory of what those guys did that day," said one firefighter.