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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Top Republican lawmakers in Virginia are unveiling a new budget proposal that will expand Medicaid, give state workers raises and boost ...
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There's lots going on in Vinton these days, including several new development projects - so what's happening with the old Vinton Motors property at the ...
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Delegate Ben Cline says the Republican party will have no problem acting a united front this fall in the 6th Congressional district, despite the strong ...
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Do women face different barriers than men when it comes to starting a business? Facilitators at a Grandin CoLab workshop tomorrow want to learn more ...
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The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Central Roanoke County in west central Virginia...The City of Salem in west central Virginia...The ...
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Peacemakers founder Shawn Hunter took his complaint about developer and council member John Garland to this afternoon's City Council meeting - alleging that Garland has ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Virginia's decades-old ban on uranium mining. The Supreme Court said Monday it ...
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Its called "Shared Space" - a panel discussion on the opioid crisis and how it impacts families. The moderator tomorrow afternoon is Beth Macy - ...
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Peacemakers founder and former Roanoke City Council candidate Shawn Hunter says he will address City Council today on complaint he is filing against Council member ...
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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) _ Following heavy rains, construction at a Mountain Valley Pipeline site in Virginia has been suspended until erosion control measures are established ...
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Virginia’s Senior U.S. Senator has laid out some possible steps to try and prevent gun violence after the school shooting in Santa Fe. More from ...
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From Roanoke County Fire & Rescue - UPDATE: Fire investigators have determined the house fire on Puckett Circle was accidental in nature; however the specific ...
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Its do or die for the Washington capitals tonight - down games 3 to 2 against Tampa Bay in the NHL eastern Conference finals.  In ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - One of NASA's prime shippers, Orbital ATK, has launched a fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station.  The ...
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It has been one week since a Salem man was fatally shot while celebrating his 23rd birthday. His grandmother says Roanoke County Police could have ...
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Virginia's Blue Ridge is now one of only 15 "Silver-Level Ride Centers" in the world - and the first on the east coast. A local ...
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(from ABC News) President Trump said in a tweet Sunday that he is ordering the Department of Justice to "look into" whether his 2016 presidential campaign ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court says a man who received two partial pardons from Virginia governors is not entitled to further judicial ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of protesters are seeking answers about the death of a northern Virginia man who was shot and killed by U.S. Park ...
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Delegate Ben Cline has won the Republican nomination for the Sixth District at the GOP convention in Harrisonburg.."I am very excited to finally have a ...
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