Roanoke is currently listed in the orange range for air quality. The state’s air pollution control board has voted to remove the Commonwealth from the Regional Greenhouse Gas initiative. An inmate at the Roanoke City Jail was found dead early yesterday morning. Deputies located the victim while conducting a routine headcount. Four years after Roanoke established a land bank to turn blighted houses into affordable homes, only a handful of properties are just beginning to get fixed up. Inflation, supply chain issues, higher wages and smaller audience sizes since the pre-pandemic days have left Virginia Children's Theatre in a financial bind.