Madalyn Godfrey, a student at Roanoke Rapids High School, has been selected to represent Roanoke Rapids as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2019 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University.
The Roanoke Canal Half Marathon and 8K is back and registration is underway.
The Roanoke Rapids Board of Adjustment will hear an appeal submitted by opponents to a Dollar General set for construction at Roanoke Avenue at Eighth Street.
The last of 13 wayfinding signs were erected today and now the city and the Halifax County Convention and Visitors Bureau will be planning for the next wave.
Former Roanoke Rapids police Chief Chuck Hasty has 15 days from the time of his January 30 exit interview to appeal a decision to fire him, City Attorney Gilbert Chichester confirmed this morning.
