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The goal is finding more "green time" for traffic on Route 419 in the Tanglewood area of southwest Roanoke County, where commercial redevelopment has put more vehicles on the roadway. The public can weigh in on VDOT plans tonight during an open-house style meeting. Two were arrested during a narcotics operation in Southeast Roanoke that also resulted in the apprehension of two with outst...

Latest Roanoke Valley and Virginia News.

Latest Roanoke Valley and Virginia News.

A Roanoke man has been charged in connection with alleged sex crimes in Michigan. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Erich Zeeb, is facing three counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Roanoke City Council has appointed an interim city manager following the resignation of Bob Cowell. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline to go into service. Accord...

Latest Roanoke Valley and Virginia News.

Latest Roanoke and Virginia News.

A teen accused of fatal shooting a William Fleming High School student at the Ferncliff Apartments in Northwest Roanoke Wednesday has been arraigned on petitions of first-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. Virginia State Police say a man has been arrested after a 4-month-old boy was found dead inside a home in the New Castle area of Craig County. Roanoke College is launc...

One teenager is in custody and another is dead following a shooting at the Ferncliff Apartments in Northwest Roanoke. “They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s official address announcing the D-Day invasion. A group of Virginia Tech professors are using an upcoming panel discussion to weigh in on book bans ena...

Witnesses are reacting to a police chase that ended in an officer involved shooting in Montgomery County. At a sometimes-contentious Congressional hearing on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci testified that the U.S. is better prepared should another pandemic happen - but there's still work to be done. The League of Women Voters of Virginia in partnership with VerbaAI, has established a fact checking w...

Latest Roanoke Valley and Virginia News.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office says a 73-year-old North Carolina man died Saturday after falling into the water at Magnum Point Marina at Smith Mountain Lake. Hollins University's Head of Political science and former Reagan White House consultant spoke with WFIR about Former President Donald Trump's recent convictions. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign reportedly sent Lynchbur...

Attorney General Jason Miyares yesterday announced that 36-year-old Michael White, pleaded guilty to first degree murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler in 2021. Governor Youngkin says the American people see former president Trump being convicted on felony charges in New York as politically motivated and orchestrated by those who want to “get Trump.” Salem area Congressman Morgan...

Roanoke College has hired an environmental services contractor to investigate claims the school has a higher-than-average cancer rate. After winning Virginia by more than ten percent in 2020 over Donald Trump - the largest margin for a Democratic presidential candidate since FDR in 1944 - Joe Biden isn't doing nearly as well in the latest Roanoke College statewide survey. According to a report...

A judge on the islands of Turks and Caicos has sentenced Louisa County resident Tyler Wenrich to time served and ordered him to pay a $9,000 fine for unknowingly possessing ammunition in his luggage while visiting the islands. Lynchburg Police have arrested a suspect who is accused of hijacking a truck and leading authorities on a high-speed chase. Members of the Roanoke City School Board have opt...

Salem residents are discussing their homes being damaged by an EF-1 tornado over the weekend. Storms ripped the roof off a Roanoke asphalt business. During National Travel and Tourism Week Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge officials traveled to Washington DC last week to build on the success of its 2023 spring marketing campaign in DC and northern Virginia. Louisa native Tyler Wenrich is scheduled t...

Latest Virginia and Roanoke Valley News.

Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.

Latest Virginia and Roanoke Valley News.

Roanoke City Manager Bob Cowell is set to resign from the position he has held for nearly 7 years. Roanoke City councilman Luke Priddy officially announced his resignation during council’s meeting yesterday afternoon. A former employee at Southwest Virginia Arms in Salem admitted yesterday to stealing 21 firearms from the business and falsifying records to conceal the thefts. An area nonprofit is...

A healthcare authority in the Commonwealth says THC-related hospital visits for young people are decreasing. Governor Youngkin took final action on legislation that was returned to his desk after the General Assembly rejected his proposed recommendations. A man was taken into custody last week after Henry County Sheriff’s deputies seized more than 100 thousand dollars’ worth of drugs. The annual l...

Campbell County authorities say a 21-year-old man, who is in the US illegally, has been charged with raping a minor. With Presidential polls showing a statistical dead heat or Donald Trump up by a few points in many "swing states," President Joe Biden threw down an early gauntlet and challenged Trump to a debate next month - and the ex-President accepted. A former local GOP party chair s...

Virginia’s Senior US Senator is raising awareness about ongoing disinformation campaigns being conducted by foreign adversaries and cyberattacks that could happen before November’s election. A Salem CVS has been fined 75 thousand dollars after authorities learned the pharmacy delegated the administration of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 to an untrained nurse who injected a youth with six doses at once...

Latest Roanoke Valley and Virginia News.

Roanoke City Council has opted to change the funding formula for the city school district. Governor Youngkin has signed off on a new two-year state budget that includes 3% raises for state employees and teachers while not raising taxes. A Democratic delegate used time in front of the House yesterday to point towards Governor Youngkin’s priority of removing Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas...