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UPDATED NEWS RELEASE: The deceased victim of this incident has been identified as Nathaniel Briggs, 36 of Roanoke. All parties involved in this incident have ...
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AAA expects far fewer Virginians than usual to be traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday, but if you do have plans to head anywhere by car, ...
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NEWS RELEASE: – The Lynchburg Police Department is investigating a home invasion that occurred on Wooldridge Circle early this morning. On November 25, 2020 at ...
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Its opening day for college men's and women's basketball teams locally today - Virginia Tech, UVA and Liberty. WPLY-MIN ...
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UPDATED November 25: The number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment in our region has reached another high. Health care systems based in Roanoke, Lynchburg ...
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UPDATE: – The Lynchburg Police Department has arrested Ishmael Bailey, 24, of Richmond in connection with last night's homicide. He is charged with second degree ...
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UPDATED NEWS RELEASE: Surveillance video indicates that the suspect vehicle was parked next door at the entrance to the Uttermost Corporation. We are seeking assistance ...
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After the turkey comes the shopping - and like her warnings about COVID safety on Thanksgiving - the local health district director urges the same ...
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The Roanoke Rescue Mission is getting ready to do what it always does on Thanksgiving Day: serve a full dinner to hundreds of people. But ...
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NEWS RELEASE: RICHMOND –Appalachian Power Company has earned a rate of return (profit) that is within the range authorized by Virginia utility law for calendar ...
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The Virginia Department of Health has awarded Carilion Clinic $566,000 in CARES Act funding to help gain a better understanding of just how many people ...
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The Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission has a new website up and running, one designed to provide plenty of information to visitors and locals seeking to ...
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NEWS RELEASE: The Henry County Sheriff’s Office has concluded an undercover narcotics operation.  Pharmaceutical pills, along with quantities of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, ...
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The brand new Liberty Arena for men's and women's basketball and Flames volleyball cut the ribbon yesterday. WPLY-MIN ...
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Feel like you'd like to Run from 2020? ... most of us probably do. Now you can literally run from a year like few other ...
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An investigation of top ROA executives announced yesterday aside, Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport has created a 20-year Master Plan to expand and keep up with Federal ...
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We told you several months ago about Hope to Walk - a Blacksburg-based non-profit that makes low-cost, low-tech prosthetic legs and donates them free to ...
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ROANOKE, Va. – The Roanoke Regional Airport Commission has placed Timothy Bradshaw, Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport and Richard Osbourne, Director of Planning ...
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The city council election made history earlier this month as Roanoke voters have elected the first majority Black city council. WFIR’s Rachel Meell explains how ...
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