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Roanoke High School

Roanoke High School (Illinois) — a public school in Roanoke, Woodford County, Illinois, also known as Roanoke Victory High School or Roanoke Township High School, and consolidated with Benson High School in 1957 to form Roanoke-Benson High School


Al Weed

Former Roanoke City Manager Bern Ewert argued that Weed had been beaten "like a drum" in 2004 and would probably lose again.

Albemarle Sound

Albemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke.

Alfred Taylor Howard

After this one year, however, because the Roanoke Seminary moved to North Manchester, Indiana, Alfred decided to attend Otterbein in Westerville, Ohio.

Allan R. Bosworth

He traveled extensively in Europe and the Far East, and lived in Roanoke, Virginia, for the most of his life.

Beta Colony

According to the author, Beta Colony was one of the first two colonies founded by Earth, both by American efforts; the other, Alpha Colony, vanished in a manner likened to Roanoke.

Bonsack

Bonsack, Virginia, unincorporated community in eastern Roanoke County, Virginia, United States

Browder J. Thompson

Thompson was born in Roanoke, Louisiana, and in 1925 received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Cumberland Valley Railroad

In June, 1882, the Shenandoah Valley Railroad was opened from Hagerstown to Roanoke, Virginia.

Environmental Quality Management

In addition to its Cincinnati headquarters, EQM has offices in Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Durham, North Carolina; Las Vegas, Nevada; New Orleans, Louisiana; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; Roanoke, Virginia; Sacramento, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Seattle, Washington.

Fairhaven Branch Railroad

The next day, they began a tour of the new route, with major stops in Virginia at Victoria and Roanoke, and at Princeton, West Virginia.

Greg Habeeb

He is a partner at Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, a business law firm in Roanoke, Virginia.

Henry G. Marsh

Marsh married the former Ruth Eleanor Claytor on September 1, 1948, in Roanoke, Virginia.

Herbert B. Gregory

After graduation, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Roanoke, Virginia.

Interstate 581

The southern end of I-581 offers views of the downtown Roanoke skyline, most prominently the Hotel Roanoke, the Wachovia Tower, the former Roanoke Shops of Norfolk Southern, the Norfolk Southern tower, and St. Andrews Catholic Church.

James Madison Middle School

James Madison Middle School located in the Franklin-Colonial neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, USA, is situated on a large hill with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Julia Randall

She wrote during the summers and taught in various schools: the Hopkins evening school, then known as McCoy College; a University of Maryland branch in Paris; Goucher College; the Peabody Conservatory; Towson University; and what is now known as Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.

Kisumu

The city has "Friendship" status with Cheltenham, UK and "sister city" status with Roanoke, Virginia and Boulder, Colorado, USA.

KTUU-TV

In August 2010, KTUU became the third Schurz-owned television station (after KWCH-DT and KSCW-DT in Wichita, Kansas and WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia) to relaunch its Web site through a new partnership with the Tribune Company's Tribune Interactive division.

Lake Washington Boulevard

Just north of E. Roanoke Street, the boulevard turns due west and changes from Lake Washington Boulevard E. to E. Lake Washington Boulevard, following the city's street name designation system.

Lucy Harth Smith

She taught in the Roanoke city school system from 1908 until 1910 when she moved to Lexington, Kentucky.

Mill Mountain Incline

The Mill Mountain Incline was a 0.37 mi (0.60 km) funicular, or inclined plane, located on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia that operated between 1910-1929.

Mill Mountain Theatre

The theater is named after the nearby Mill Mountain, which is a popular theme for the naming of Roanoke landmarks and organizations, including the Mill Mountain Star, Mill Mountain Zoo, and Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea.

Pulaski County, Virginia

It is named for W. Graham Claytor, Sr. (1886–1971) of Roanoke, Virginia, a vice president of Appalachian Power who supervised construction of the dam and creation of the lake.

Radford Army Ammunition Plant

At one time, the facility used an ALCO MRS-1 military diesel locomotive, road number B2072, for switching, but it was retired by the 1980s and was scrapped at Cycle Systems in Roanoke, Virginia c.

Roanoke Airport

Roanoke Regional Airport serving Roanoke, Virginia, United States (FAA/IATA:ROA)

Roanoke County, Virginia

Notable sports figures from Roanoke County include Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, and J. J. Redick, all of whom attended and graduated from Cave Spring High School in Southwest Roanoke County.

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Crystal Lee Sutton (Jenkins), was a worker and union organizer for the J.P. Stevens & Co. mill in Roanoke Rapids, upon whose union activities the movie Norma Rae was based.

Roanoke-Hatteras tribe

The Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe are descendants of the historic Hatteras, Roanoke, and other Algonkian speaking Indians who occupied Hatteras and Roanoke Islands, the Outer Banks, and the mainland of Hyde and Dare Counties.

Salem Highballers

Aside from local performances and their "Salem Highballers" sides, The McCray family's biggest claims to fame were their radio programs, performed live on Roanoke's WDBJ between 1925 and 1930.

Samuel Abbott Green

Green organized Roanoke Cemetery in 1862, which was one of the first regular burial places for Union Army soldiers.

Thaxton, Virginia

The transmitter for the Lynchburg-Roanoke market ABC television network affiliate WSET-TV is located approximately 2.8 miles SSE of the town center.

Tina Davidson

Over her twenty-five-year career, Davidson has been commissioned by well known ensembles such as National Symphony Orchestra, OperaDelaware, Roanoke Symphony, Women's Philharmonic, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, VocalEssence, Concertante, Kronos Quartet, Mendelssohn String Quartet, Cassatt Quartet, and public television (WHYY-TV).

TMEIC Corporation

In 2011, (TMEIC) purchased GE's remaining minority share and TMEIC Corporation was formed in Roanoke, VA.

University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies

It reaches about 15,000 non-traditional students annually at academic centers located in Charlottesville, Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, Quantico, Richmond, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia.

WAEZ

The station also has to deal tremendous co-channel interference in and around Marion, Virginia from WSLC-FM in Roanoke.

WELR

WELR-FM, a radio station (102.3 FM) licensed to Roanoke, Alabama, United States

WLWE, a radio station (1360 AM) licensed to Roanoke, Alabama, which held the call sign WELR until 2013

WFXR

The channel 27 frequency in Roanoke was originally home to WROV-TV, which operated for less than five months in 1953.

William Grant Naboré

William Grant Naboré (born in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American classical pianist and holds the "Theo Lieven" chair for advanced studies in piano and chamber music performance at the University of Music of the Lugano Conservatory.

Williamson Road

The other dealership being Berglund, originally a Chevrolet dealership that now sells several makes at locations across the Roanoke area, which maintains its original location near Orange Avenue.

Wingina

He was wereoance (principal chief, king) of the Secotan (Roanoke) Indians in present day North Carolina during Sir Walter Raleigh's two expeditions (1585, 1586) and was murdered by the English.

Prior to the first English settlement on Roanoke Island, Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe explored the area (April 27, 1584) on behalf of Raleigh, who had received an English charter to establish a colony a month earlier.

WPXR

WPXR-TV, a television station (channel 36 digital/38 virtual) licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Wraiths of Roanoke

Wraiths of Roanoke (also known as Lost Colony or Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke), is a 2007 Sci Fi original movie, directed by Matt Codd and stars Adrian Paul, Frida Show, Rhett Giles, Michael Teh, and George Calil.

WSET-TV

Accordingly, channel 13 moved its transmitter and tower to Evington, Virginia in 1954 in an attempt to better serve Roanoke and the western part of the market.

WVTF

In 1975, WVWR's transmitter was moved from Fishburn Hall on the VWCC campus to Poor Mountain, where most of Roanoke's major radio and television stations have their transmitters.

Owned and operated by Virginia Tech through its fundraising arm, the Virginia Tech Foundation, the station is licensed to Roanoke and operates a large satellite and translator network.


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