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NEWS RELEASE: RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today declared a state of emergency and authorized assistance to localities in response to escalating violence across the Commonwealth. The ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer ...
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NEWS RELEASE: RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today issued the following statement about protests in the City of Richmond. “I acknowledge each of the voices crying out ...
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The Virginia Department of Health reports 331 confirmed or “probable” COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke Valley since the virus first arrived. That includes 160 in ...
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From Roanoke City Manager Bob Cowell: I commend those that peacefully gathered today to exercise their right to assemble and vocalize their understandable anger with ...
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Protesters marched through Roanoke streets on two separate occasions Saturday in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Police ordered an end to ...
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The Virginia Department of Health reports a total of 325 COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke Valley since the virus first arrived. They include 155 in ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The rampage at a Virginia Beach city government building was the latest in a string of high-profile mass shootings nationwide, ...
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UPDATED NEWS RELEASE: On May 28, 2020 at 7:47pm, the Martinsville-Henry County 9-1-1 Center received a call for a well-being check at 221 Venna Ave., ...
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NEWS RELEASE: At approximately 1:10pm this afternoon, a Diamond DA20 aircraft made a hard landing on runway 24 causing it to leave the runway and ...
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By law everyone in the United States is required to respond to the US Census by the due date of October 31st. WFIR's Gene Marrano ...
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Many Virginia restaurants now have two weeks of experience adapting to new rules that allow them to serve meals again -- and some are finding ...
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12 new confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases have been added in the Roanoke Valley over the latest 24-hour reporting period. Five in Roanoke County, Five ...
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This is day one of Governor Northam’s face mask executive order. It requires face mask use inside public indoor areas, with limited exceptions. But there ...
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From Yokohama: Yokohama Corporation of North America’s (YCNA) consumer tire plant in Salem, Virginia is set to reopen on June 1. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia ...
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UPDATE: Virginia State Police Trooper L.R. Spencer is investigating a two vehicle crash which resulted in two fatalities.  The crash occurred Thursday (May 28) at ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Looser restrictions on businesses and social gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic are still at least a week away in Virginia, the governor said ...
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A teacher from our area is advancing to the next round of a long running TV gameshow. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has that story. 5-28 Jeopardy ...
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The “Spring into Summer” blood drive is being kicked off by the American Red Cross next week, WFIR intern reporter Camden Lazenby has more. 5-28 ...
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US Senator Tim Kaine and his wife Anne Holton - the interim president of George Mason University - have tested positive for antibodies to the ...
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