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Counter Response Protection Fitness on Electric Road in the Tanglewood area wants to empower the area's young women. WFIR's Denise Allen Membreno has more on ...
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The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team got a battle from the Irish on Saturday but ultimately prevailed. Head coach Tony Bennett spoke afterwards: WPLY-MIN ...
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Since Amazon is no longer placing part of its HQ2 in New York City, Virginia’s Governor when the Commonwealth entered its bid for the other ...
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UPDATE -- Authorities in Bedford County have determined a reported attempted kidnapping was made-up. Investigators say after reviewing surveillance footage and talking with the alleged ...
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UPDATE: As the two-state search continues for the man who shot a Bluefield, VA Police Officer late Saturday night, the U.S. Marshals Service is offering a ...
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Twenty-plus shows including a ticketed event at Elmwood Park; more than a half dozen venues. The Down by Downtown Music Festival has become more of ...
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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — For nearly two decades, Charles “Jack” Dudley shepherded the brightest scholars through Virginia Tech’s honors program, but he didn’t know until ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia. The natural gas pipeline’s parent company said ...
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BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a woman hid her mother’s decomposing body inside their Virginia home for weeks, covering it with dozens of blankets ...
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From Roanoke Police 02/15/18 -- UPDATE - Roanoke Police are asking for the public's help identifying and locating the suspect vehicle involved in the incident ...
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The Booker T. Washington National Monument is offering special programs in honor of Black History Month. WFIR's Denise Allen Membreno has more on tomorrow's event ...
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Virginia Tech and UVA are in the playoffs this weekend - at the club-level hockey post season tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference Hockey League ...
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Utility filings in Virginia show that much of the need for a proposed natural gas pipeline in our region has disappeared and that could cost ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Officials at a Virginia shelter say a dog set on fire at a Richmond park has succumbed to his wounds.News outlets ...
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The frigid cold continues to affect much of the nation as recent oil prices have increased; however, AAA Mid-Atlantic says Virginia is doing well. WFIR's ...
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17th District Republican delegate Chris Head is looking forward to heading home next week when the General Assembly session ends. Meanwhile there's still some heavy ...
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If you planned on getting shot by Cupid's arrow on Valentine's Day instead a Carilion Clinic Doctor says getting a flu shot is a smarter ...
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Governor Northam has vowed to remain in office despite the notorious blackface yearbook incident and calls for his resignation. Virginia Tech professor Brandy Faulkner says ...
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Both the national headliner and host of a stand-up comedy show this weekend in downtown Roanoke have local roots but didn’t meet each other until ...
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Basketball, baseball. The Hokies are busy this weekend, including the baseball team's season opener in Florida on Friday night. WPLY-MIN ...
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