General Info

For more than 120 years, The Roanoke Times has been the leading source of information for southwest Virginia. In 2002, it was designated the best-read daily newspaper in the, United States according to the 2002 Scarborough Report. Of 162 newspapers in top U.S. metropolitan areas, The Roanoke Times ranked first in the percentage of adults who read the daily newspaper. The report showed that nearly 63 percent of adults read The Roanoke Times on a daily basis. That figure rises to 75 percent on Sundays. The paper offers extensive coverage of Virginia Tech sports, breaking news, weather, local events, entertainment and commentary. All of this content is also put online at www.roanoke.com, the most trafficked Web site in southwest Virginia.