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The Roanoke Star and Cardinal News are independent digital newspapers that have sought to fill the local news coverage gap resulting from the purchase of The Roanoke Times by an out-of-state publisher and its subsequent reduction in staff. [246] [247] The weekly Roanoke Tribune covers the city's African-American community. [248]
Roanoke Island was the site of the Roanoke Colony, an English settlement initially established in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. A group of about 120 men, women and children arrived in 1587. Shortly after arriving here, colonist Eleanor Dare, daughter of Governor John White, gave birth to Virginia Dare, the first English child born in North ...
The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
The Roanoke Region (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke.Its usage may refer to the metropolitan statistical area or the Roanoke Valley, but it sometimes includes areas in the Allegheny Mountains and New River Valley which includes Alleghany County, Montgomery County, Covington, Clifton Forge, Blacksburg ...
Roanoke Island, the location of the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina; Roanoke River, flowing through Virginia and North Carolina and emptying into Albemarle Sound near Roanoke Island; Roanoke Valley, part of the Great Appalachian Valley near the headwaters of the Roanoke River in Virginia; Roanoke, Alabama; Roanoke, Georgia; Roanoke ...
Downtown is the central business district of Roanoke, Virginia, United States.Developed after the completion of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in 1882, the Downtown core forms the geographic center of the city and the center of business for the Roanoke Valley and Southwest Virginia, the Roanoke City Market, the Roanoke Downtown Historic District and many other attractions and amenities.
The American Viscose Plant Historic District is an industrial park and historic district located in Roanoke, Virginia.The site is the location of the former American Viscose Corporation rayon processing plant that once employed over 5,000 and for a time was reportedly the largest rayon producing mill in the world.
The Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Virginia as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Roanoke MSA is sometimes referred to as the Roanoke Valley , even though the Roanoke MSA occupies a larger area than the Roanoke Valley.