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MYSTERIOUS: Roanoke - What They Never Told You

Andorra winner Bjorn Riley edges out Christopher Blevins for a second US mountain bike national title in short track cross-country

Savilia Blunk impresses with solo effort in Roanoke to defend at elite women's XCC national championship

Cycling News

The Cigar Lounge That Bureaucracy Almost Killed

In Roanoke, Virginia, one entrepreneur’s dream ran into permit rules, taxes, Prohibition-era alcohol rules, and a city order to spend $10,000 on a “historic” dry-cleaning sign.

Reason

Virginia's Blue Ridge GO Cross: Canadian Maghalie Rochette and US national champion Andrew Strohmeyer win elite C1 races to begin US Cyclocross Series

Mia Aseltine, Manon Bakker on podium for elite women while Eric Brunner, Tyler Clark go second, third for elite men at USCX opener in Roanoke

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Sidney McGill, Luke Walter win UCI cyclocross openers in US, while road season winds down with Alex Volstad and Lucas Bourgoyne tops at Bucks County Classic

Unbound Gravel XL winner completes 2,400km ride to support mental health care; USCX series begins fifth season at Go Cross CX in Virginia September 13-14 - North American Roundup

Cycling News

Married 29 Years, A Nurse Built A Real Estate Portfolio Alone. 'He Goes To Play Golf Whenever He Gets A Chance,' She Says About Her Husband

After nearly three decades of marriage, Linda, a 64-year-old nurse from Roanoke, Virginia, says she feels like she's carrying the financial weight of two people.

Benzinga

Rent Control Delayed but Not Dead in California

Plus: Arkansas legalizes ADUs, activists sue to stop missing middle housing, and Trump's housing plans for federal lands

Reason

Introducing Owen Cole, the US U23 champion making Worlds debut in Glasgow

'It was surreal' says North Carolina native about earning spot with Team USA for Road World Championships

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Commentary: Gender-affirming care has a long history, though anti-trans laws pretend it’s ‘untested’

In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, named Rhoda received a prescription for two drugs: estrogen and progestin. Twelve months later, a local reporter noted Rhoda’s surprisingly soft skin and visible breasts. He wrote that the drugs had made her “so completely female.”

Los Angeles Times

Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people

The Conversation

Henrietta Lacks' hometown will build statue of her to replace Robert E. Lee monument

A statue of the woman, whose cells were taken without her consent and became integral in several major medical breakthroughs, will be built in Roanoke, Va.

WEKU

Armed left and rightwing protesters face off at ‘drag brunch’ in Texas

Standoff outside restaurant in Roanoke filmed by investigative reporter, and comes amid rising tensions in US society

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