Virginians in central and eastern Virginia have been celebrating the 1775 campaign of the colony’s last royal governor, John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore. Here’s a book that tells you ...

Explore the chilling mystery of how entire colonies like Roanoke seemingly vanished without a trace, leaving behind ...

A house in southeast Roanoke was heavily damaged by fire early Sunday, Roanoke Fire-EMS reported.

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In 1587, around 100 colonists newly arrived from England established themselves on Roanoke Island, in present-day North ...

Halifax County government and Halifax County Cooperative Extension have set the date for the 2025 Harvest Days festival.

The more famous second colony, known as the Lost Colony, began when a new groups of settlers under John White arrived on the ...

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19th-century illustration depicting the discovery of the abandoned colony, 1590. Credit: William Ludwell Sheppard / Public Domain Archaeologists working on North Carolina’s Hatteras Island say new ...

Archaeologists working on North Carolina’s Hatteras Island say new findings may finally explain what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Based on recent excavations, English settlers who vanished ...