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The average cost to raise a child is increasing, and Virginia child advocates say the opportunity for low-income families to afford high-quality child care is ...

A rainy spring and summer have impacted the construction schedule at Elmwood Park. The $6 million project was scheduled to be complete by the end ...

The developer renovating the former Shenandoah building into apartments says he's mainly using out-of-town contractors because Roanoke ones are much more expensive -- a situation, ...

August means the start of a new school year, and for some young people, it also brings on new pressures to try drugs or alcohol ...

Roanoke County has received a $10,000 grant from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to purchase bear-proof garbage bins. The county's Solid Waste Manager ...

Roanoke police have released surveillance photos of a man suspected of holding up the Walgreens at the corner of Williamson and Hershberger roads. It happened ...

Roanoke Mayor David Bowers says he still believes a new downtown hotel will be built despite a developer's statement that construction costs are now too ...

A Spain-inspired bull run is happening in a little over a week at the Virginia Motorsports Park in Petersburg, but animal rights groups are urging ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) _ Details are emerging about the man arrested in the case of a missing Nelson County teenager. Authorities on Sunday arrested 48-year-old ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli will propose revisions that would make Virginia's 20-year-old Standards of Learning less geared to memorized test ...

BRISTOL, Va. (AP) _ Virginia's inspector general has confirmed that he's investigating whether an assistant attorney general improperly advised energy companies in a court fight ...

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (AP) _ A Franklin County nurse has pleaded guilty to helping a friend try to hire a hit man to kill the ...

WFIR News has learned the proposed downtown Roanoke Hampton Inn project has been delayed -- its future now far less certain -- the result, say ...

Seven of the deadliest days of the summer driving season fall between August first and Labor Day. Studies show that August has accounted for more ...

Authorities have identified their suspect in the disappearance 17-year-old Alexis Murphy, the Nelson County teen last seen nine days ago.  They say the arrest is ...

Roanoke passenger rail advocates say even before local Amtrak service returns, they'll keep pushing to extend it beyond the Star City. But state rail officials ...

This is the time of year when homeowners should be on the lookout for stink bugs. The Virginia Pest Management Association reports stink bugs will ...

We're entering a busy season for new rentals, especially in and around college communities, prompting a warning from the Better Business Bureau for some of ...

Interviews start soon for a company that announced earlier this week that it would open a metal packaging manufacturing plant in Roanoke County.  Ardagh Group's ...

"Elysium" is the latest Hollywood attempt at a summer blockbuster, and as the sci-fi thriller opens today, local movie houses like Roanoke's Grandin Theatre hope ...