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For the past several years Family Service of Roanoke Valley and the West End Center for Youth have teamed for the "Pedal Up" program: WFIR-WDNE ...
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A West Virginia woman was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration with a loaded handgun at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport yesterday. A TSA officer at the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia’s two Democratic senators asked the Trump administration Friday for answers about operations at a juvenile detention facility in the state where ...
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The Regional Center for Animal Care and Protection is bursting at the seams with a recent influx of stray dogs brought in - and the ...
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Around 11 last night Blacksburg Police observed  a vehicle nearly striking another on South Main Street. An attempted stop on the 460 bypass failed - ...
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Researchers at Virginia Tech have found the oldest footprints. They date back more than 540-million years as WFIR’s Ian Price reports: 06-22 Oldest Footprints WEB-WRAP ...
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Sam Hentges talks about his comeback from elbow surgery; former caps coach Barry Trotz excited for new job with Islanders: WPLY-MIN ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Thirty-nine new troopers are set to join the ranks of the Virginia State Police. The Commonwealth's 128th generation of Virginia State ...
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Its back to square one for the Roanoke County School Board when it comes to remodeling Cave Spring High School. One board member and school ...
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The next Miss Virginia will be crowned this weekend, and for the first time in the pageant's 55-year history, it will not occur in Roanoke ...
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The furor over the separation of children from their parents at the southern border may abate with the President's decision to end that policy but ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in ...
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UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has ordered state officials to investigate claims made by immigrant teens of severe physical abuse at a ...
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United Way's "Day of Action" is taking place nationwide today. Locally, volunteers are spending time with children at Head Start centers, sorting donated food at ...
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"Nice Work if You Can Get It," is a stage musical set just before Prohibition took hold in the Roaring Twenties. Attic Productions in Fincastle ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Honduran woman who says she's facing deportation has taken sanctuary in a Virginia church. Abbie Arevalo-Herrera came to the U.S ...
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A Vinton company is investing $1.5 million to expand and upgrade its manufacturing capabilities. Governor Northam’s office says the state will provide funding to help ...
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If you’re braving the crowds tonight for the premiere of the newest Jurassic World movie you might see a demonstration from actual paleontologists. WFIR’s Ian ...
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CHESTER, Va. (AP) - More than 300 Northrop Grumman employees at a Chester data center will be losing their jobs after the state ended its ...
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After finishing as the Carolina League co-champions in 2017 the Lynchburg Hillcats finished the first half of this season with the worst record in the ...
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