In 1607, 104 English settlers picked the worst possible spot to build America’s first permanent colony. The 104 original ...

A brush fire continued to burn Saturday in the Hanging Rock area of Roanoke County, as high winds and steep terrain challenged firefighters. As of 1:30 p.m., the blaze was about 60% contained ...

Marathon, the next major first-person shooter made by Bungie, the folks behind the original Halo series, as well as Destiny, ...

George Washington patented 10,900 acres along the Kanawha River in what is now Mason County, West Virginia. What started off ...

George Washington patented 10,900 acres along the Kanawha River in what is now Mason County, West Virginia. What started off ...

But some, like the lost colony of Roanoke, are truly eerie. In the late 1500s, a group of colonists vanished from the islands off the east coast of what would become the U.S. Let’s explore the ...

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Katie Thurston is offering a candid glimpse at her new reality as she battles stage 4 breast cancer. “Lymph nodes, breast and liver biopsies,” Thurston, 34, wrote via her Instagram Stories on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke Police have released the body cam footage of a viral arrest involving the use of police force. Roanoke Police observed a black BMW being driven at high speed March 18.

The longest running outdoor symphonic drama, The Lost Colony tells the real-life mystery of the first English colonists who came to Roanoke Island and who mysteriously disappeared. The show takes ...