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Medical regulators have cleared Carilion Clinic after a state report released in February found significant deficiencies in the cleaning of surgical tools at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital between March and September of 2023. Several students at VCU walked out of graduation over the week in protest of Governor Youngkin and the Israel Hamas war. Officials with the Virginia International Raceway...

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

Salem area Congressman Morgan Griffith is criticizing the Biden Administration for halting a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel over concerns that the country has not adequately taken civilian safety into account in its upcoming military operation in Rafah. The Commonwealth’s junior US Senator Tim Kaine says he is pleased to see that certain offensive arms deliveries to Israel have since been...

We have team coverage of protests on college campuses from UVA to VT. Discussion of a ceasefire proposal in front of Roanoke City Council. A traffic note for Vinton. A new puppy store opens at Valley View Mall.

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25 people were arrested at the University of Virginia for trespassing Saturday after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus. Pro-Palestine protesters and Virginia Tech students made their way through Blacksburg yesterday again calling for an end to violence in Gaza. "Hope over Hate," is what many are calling for in the recent clashes being...

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

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

Latest Roanoke Valley and Virginia News.

Police are investigating after anti-Semitic flyers were discovered across Southwest Roanoke City over the weekend. Jewish students at Virginia Tech are responding to a recent campus protest that resulted in close to 90 arrests. Virginia Commonwealth University says multiple arrests occurred last night as police broke up a pro-Palestine protest on campus. Virginia’s Junior U.S. Senator Tim Kaine sa...

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Bedford County authorities say a man is in custody following a shooting this morning in the Montvale area. According to Virginia State Police, former Alleghany County Chief Deputy Chad Wickline has resigned and is now charged with two misdemeanors following an accident earlier this month. Phase 1 of a three-part makeover of what Roanoke College is calling its new forward-looking Science Center if...

Roanoke City Police say a child is being treated for what appear to be serious injuries after being struck by a car last night in the 43 hundred block of Shenandoah Avenue NW. Virginia State Police now say six people, including a 2-year-old with life-threatening injuries, were injured Tuesday night when a Ford Mustang crashed into a home on Foggy Ridge Road in Franklin County. A Roanoke City paren...

A woman is speaking out after her brother was injured during an officer-involved shooting in Roanoke earlier this week. Developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have filed a request with the federal government seeking permission for the pipeline to go into service by May 23rd, to get natural gas pumping through as soon as June 1st. As part of the Interstate 81 widening project in Roanoke County...

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

Iran has fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones. Virginia Tech International Affairs Professor Ariel Arhem says this response could have been very different if the attack on Israel had been worse. A Roanoke grand jury has charged a pair of men with multiple federal crimes related to a 2023 drug robbery and a victim’s body be...

Latest Virginia and Roanoke Valley News.

Latest Virginia and Roanoke Valley News.

Area convenience store owners are pushing back against Governor Youngkin’s skill games amendments. A bill vetoed by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin would have raised the state’s minimum wage to 15-dollars an hour starting in 2026. A developer has removed two buildings on Crystal Spring Avenue in South Roanoke to make way for a 21-room boutique hotel. The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center will g...

Latest Virginia and Roanoke Valley News.

Latest Virginia and Roanoke Valley News.

Latest Virginia and Roanoke Valley News.

Roanoke City leaders are planning to discuss an increase in the number of vehicle collisions involving pedestrians. Governor Glenn Youngkin earlier this week signed legislation proposed by Roanoke delegate Sam Rasoul, which would increase monitoring statewide for hazardous chemicals like the one found in Roanoke County’s Spring Hollow reservoir in 2022. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed a rewrite o...

We hear from the Governor about the budget. Then you hear the Democratic response. Virginia State Police say a Mississippi murder suspect was arrested in Dixie Caverns yesterday. Tips from Roanoke County Police about not enticing thieves to break into your vehicle.

Bedford County prosecutors say a man in the US illegally was sentenced Friday for sex crimes with a child 15 years of age or older. One person was killed and another person was injured when a disabled vehicle rolled down a hill in Bedford County. A Roanoke County mother is asking for safety improvements after her car was broken into Saturday while she and her daughter practiced softball. As Govern...