Who are we?
Welcome to SWoCo. This is the community news website for Southwest Roanoke County, or SWoCo for short. Here you can find the latest news from those neighborhoods produced by the staff of The Roanoke Times -- and by you, the people Southwest Roanoke County.
We're looking for the news that's important to you. School news. Personal achievements. Club events. If it's important to you and others in the community, it's important to us, and we'd like to help you share it.
You can find SWoCo in lots of places:
A quick tour of SWoCo online
In the middle of the page, you'll find "The Notebook." That’s our community news blog, which we update several times each weekday with reports from Southwest Roanoke County. In it, you’ll find stories and photos which might – or might not -- appear later in print. You may also find questions on things where we ask you, the reader, for help. And, like other blogs, we invite you to post your comments and join in the conversation.
Below The Notebook, under section headers such as “Neighbors” and “Friends,” you’ll find stories that have appeared in the most recent print edition of SWoCo.
And on the lower left, under “More Southwest Roanoke County News,” you’ll find stories about Southwest Roanoke County that have appeared on the daily editions of The Roanoke Times.
How can I contribute news and photos? With just a few simple clicks. On the left, you'll find our "share" button. Or you can email us at news@swo-co.com -- or you can directly contact our community journalist for Southwest Roanoke County, Emily Flora, at emily.flora@swo-co.com. When e-mailing, or looking for the website, don’t forget the dash!
Know of any Southwest Roanoke County bloggers? On the upper left, you’ll find our community blogroll, where we link to others who are blogging in and about Southwest Roanoke County. If you’re a blogger, or know someone who is, let us know so we can link to them.
Join us
If you want to write for us
Contact Erica Myatt, SWoCo editor
If you want to advertise
What about the print edition?
Our print edition publishes weekly. Southwest Roanoke County subscribers will find it included each Friday in their regular Roanoke Times. Most non-subscribers will have it mailed to them as part of the Simply Savings advertising flier. We also have free copies available at Kroger stores in Southwest Roanoke County, plus the Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea on Starkey Road.
If you'd like to guarantee delivery by becoming a subscriber, our circulation department can help you.
Share your news
If you have a news tip, a photo or an event you'd like to tell us about
You also can write SWoCo, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, VA 24010.
Remember: The deadline to add events for our planner is two Fridays before the date of publication. Events sent after that deadline can be included in our online calendar.
