Roanoke Local Desk

Winston-Salem's calendar lists Summer on Fourth from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at 638 W. Fourth Street.

Roanoke says Planning Commission, Zoning Appeals, and Architectural Review public hearings will now begin at 5:30 p.m.

Roanoke Public Libraries lists a dinosaur and prehistoric-themed Summer Saturday Storytime with songs, movement, crafts, and reading at Raleigh Court Library.

VMFA on the Road brings the Virginia as America mobile exhibit truck to Market Street for the country's 250th anniversary, with Saturday live music and a beer garden noted by the c

Roanoke's Independence Day festival includes a free family fun zone, local and regional live music, food trucks, and fireworks beginning at 9:30 p.m.

A practical July 17-25 Star News guide built from official Martinsville and Danville calendars, from Piedmont Arts and a Rotary concert night to a history lecture, library programs, and VMNH's Dino Festival.

Roanoke's official calendar lists a no-charge kickoff car show outside the Virginia Museum of Transportation, with live music and food trucks inside the museum grounds beginning at

Roanoke's official special-events calendar lists Grandin Chillage as a neighborhood concert event in the Grandin area.

The official Roanoke calendar lists First Fridays at Five as an evening beer-and-bands fundraiser for local charities downtown.

Roanoke's official calendar lists Party in Elmwood as part of the city's Thursday summer music series at Elmwood Park.

This weekend's regional picks include a Bob Ross workshop, New Orleans-style live music, a free downtown concert, family library stops, a Roanoke museum mystery night and a Greensboro street stroll.

This week's local arts picks include a Piedmont Arts awards night, Danville library programs, a Greensboro history talk, Martinsville's free Sounds on the Square concert and a downtown Greensboro stroll.

A practical June guide for Martinsville-Henry and nearby Danville includes June 4 T-Ball Night, June 11 riverfront music, June 12-13 rodeo, June 20 Children's Festival and June 27's June German Ball.

Anthem HealthKeepers Plus and the Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition are placing free naloxone dispensers at accessible locations in the Martinsville area and Roanoke to speed access to the overdose-reversal medication.

Rockingham County reported an untreated wastewater discharge event on April 21 and said state water regulators were notified the following day.

Roanoke's MyROANOKE calendar lists May 18 board, council, public hearing, and library programming entries across the city.

City officials moved the public input session because of the April 21 special election and now plan to hold it May 7.

Roanoke voters have a 5 p.m. April 10 deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot for the April 21 special election.