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Business / Small Business Danville Holiday Campaign Lab pairs small businesses with a $750 marketing runway Arts & Culture Free Steal Away Home performance set for Aug. 1 in Winston-Salem Local Government Roanoke County early voting reaches final weekend Arts & Culture Black Theatre Festival closes with free block party and parade Arts & Culture Temple of the Muse closes Greensboro residency with two premiere performances Community Danville’s August Sunday Outdoors calendar opens with paddling, zipline and hiking Community Free Women’s Naturalist Hike set for Aug. 8 at Roanoke County’s Explore Park Live Music Funky Confusion Band returns to Tequila’s Sports Bar & Grill Business / Small Business Danville Holiday Campaign Lab pairs small businesses with a $750 marketing runway Arts & Culture Free Steal Away Home performance set for Aug. 1 in Winston-Salem Local Government Roanoke County early voting reaches final weekend Arts & Culture Black Theatre Festival closes with free block party and parade Arts & Culture Temple of the Muse closes Greensboro residency with two premiere performances Community Danville’s August Sunday Outdoors calendar opens with paddling, zipline and hiking Community Free Women’s Naturalist Hike set for Aug. 8 at Roanoke County’s Explore Park Live Music Funky Confusion Band returns to Tequila’s Sports Bar & Grill

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Election Day Flood hits the Roanoke Valley

Election Day Flood hits the Roanoke Valley 1985

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The Roanoke Valley experiences one of its worst localized floods after remnants of Hurricane Juan.

Date / period: November 4, 1985
Tags: disaster, flooding, weather
Confidence: high
Source: User-provided regional history dataset, 2026-05-20

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