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The Carolina Panthers play here on WPLY. Head coach Matt Ruhle yesterday on how training camp is going in the early stages. Their first game ...
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The Roanoke Valley's Morning News spoke with Delegate Jason Miyares this morning – also the Republican candidate for Attorney General in November. Jason Miyares joined ...
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The highly-contested decision to allow casinos and online lottery games in Virginia while outlawing skill games - often found in convenience stores and bars - ...
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Correctional officials in Virginia say an inmate has been killed in his cell in an apparent attack by another inmate. The Virginia Department of Corrections ...
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Roanoke's GO Fest is moving to the city's downtown this year, with the activities, entertainment and events taking place from Elmwood Park to the City ...
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UPDATED NEWS RELEASE: The Roanoke County Fire Marshal's Office is still investigating the fire from yesterday in the 5800 block of Twine Hollow Road and ...
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The Trump Store in Boones Mill has created plenty of notice -- and controversy -- for the town and its residents. Its owner says he ...
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The next leader of the Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission has a lengthy background in outdoor recreation that includes trails, hiking, biking and mountain biking. Frank ...
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More questions today about the vaccine-hesitant during a weekly teleconference for the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts. Including, why get the vaccine if reports ...
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There is no apparent explosion of renter evictions in the region, this after a national moratorium expired over the weekend. Local attorneys helping income-eligible renters ...
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LewisGale Medical Center in Salem says it is the first hospital in Virginia to commercially use a new robotic "broncho-scope" that allows for a clearer ...
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The Central Virginia Business Coalition is no longer just in central Virginia. WFIR’s Ian Price has more: 08-03 CVBC WRAP ...
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Roanoke Police say a boy under the age of ten has died after going to the hospital yesterday for a serious gunshot wound. Police say ...
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Roanoke City is joining many other communities across the country in resuming "National Night Out" this evening after a one-year COVID-related absence.  It began almost ...
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Virginia Tech reports that 90% of its students have submitted proof of receiving COVID-19 vaccines. The university is requiring all students to be vaccinated except ...
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Are some media outlets over-hyping the fact that a small number of fully-vaccinated people have had "breakthrough infections" due to the Delta Variant form of ...
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NEWS RELEASE: At 2:42 p.m. on Saturday (July 31), Virginia State Police responded to a crash on northbound I-81 almost a half mile south of ...
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The Roanoke Valley SPCA is offering a new way for pets to find new homes without spending time at the shelter. It is called "rehoming", ...
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The new Fallon Park Elementary School in Southeast Roanoke started opening in segments almost 2 years ago but this morning just before classes start in ...
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The airport manager at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia will become the new executive director of much-smaller Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. Mike Stewart is a ...
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