At the Bradley Free Clinic, patients fill exam rooms for medical, dental and behavioral health care. For 50 years, this safety-net clinic has served some of the Roanoke region’s most acutely ill and ...

The Transco compressor station in Chatham. Photo by Grace Mamon. The natural gas pipeline developer The Williams Companies plans another pipeline expansion in Virginia, this time to run from ...

A historic Virginia courthouse is coming down, although it’s not historic for the usual reasons that Virginia courthouses are. The Botetourt County Courthouse in Fincastle looked old, but wasn’t. It ...

EarthLink was a dial-up internet king at the turn of the century. The company still exists, wholesaling other companies’ technology, based on what is available where its customers live. When Wise ...

Large substations, like this one, are needed in Northern Virginia to meet the energy demands of the data center industry. Photo by Grace Mamon. Northern Virginia is home to 35% of the world’s data ...

While there are no mines operating in Lee County, trucks hauling coal from Kentucky still make use of the remaining tipples in the area. Photo by Megan Schnabel President Donald Trump stood in front ...

Congress passed a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown in mid-March, amid a partisan fight over federal spending. That continuing resolution left out tens of millions of dollars in ...

When four top state legislators appeared in Roanoke at a Cardinal-sponsored event recently, some of the questions from the audience turned to what impact President Donald Trump’s government ...

In the movie “Star Trek: First Contact,” Capt. Jean-Luc Picard wrestles with an invasion by an alien species known as The Borg. He vows to fight back. “We’ve made too many compromises already; too ...

In a 2004 interview with the Washington Post, Ricky Haynie of Haynie Farms in Virginia mentioned, “You know what my gravest fear for Black people is?” he asks. “That we’ll end up on reservations. That ...

All Tech Town! illustrations by Ryan Brosmer. Railroads built Roanoke, but Norfolk Southern slowly but surely abandoned the “Magic City” that it sparked. City leaders looking for new avenues decided ...

Parts of U.S. 220 in Henry County are narrow and curvy, studded with traffic lights and lined with commercial developments. Local leaders have said its condition hinders commercial development. Photo ...