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A Roanoke-based coffee company is opening its 2nd brick and mortar location in Vinton today. WFIR’s Ian Price has more: 11-29 RND Vinton WRAP ...
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"Life's About Relationships" is a new how-to book from a local author. Good ones are hard to find sometimes and that's where a former evangelist ...
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Ports in California have been making headlines for their delays and supply chain backups. But the Port of Virginia has been ...
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CHARLOTTESVILE, Va. (AP) — Braxton Burmeister threw for one touchdown, caught a pass for another and Virginia Tech ran for 320 yards and handed Virginia ...
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(AP) J.C Price doesn’t want his second game as Virginia Tech’s interim football coach to be his last. The Hokies (5-6, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) ...
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Update 11/28  According to statements made to investigators, the male had forced his way into the home after the female opened the door and attempted ...
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(update from Roanoke County police) Roanoke County Police Officer-Involved Shooting Saturday, November 27, 2021 — At approximately 7:00 p.m. Friday, November 26, officers responded in ...
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The Virginia Department of Health has confirmed a death from Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with COVID-19, the first death from MIS-C reported in ...
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There’s a benefit concert tomorrow for a 19-year-old musician who died in a car accident over the summer. WFIR's Ian Price has more: 11-26 Jacob ...
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A recent state police truck safety enforcement operation on Interstates 81and 77 found about 7% of trucks inspected had safety violations, and they were immediately ...
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A university professor in Virginia has announced they'll resign in the wake of threats made over their recently published book. It ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Nine people who sued white nationalist leaders and organizations over the violence at a deadly rally in Charlottesville in 2017 won ...
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Now here's Brent Stevens from Hollins University "At the Movies" ... with what's new at the historic Grandin Theatre: "King Richard": 11-25 ATM-WEB ...
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Despite only about two days to move the Atlantic Union Drumstick Dash 5K - and thousands of runners or walkers - from downtown Roanoke to ...
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A formal assessment of what’s contributing to the violence in Roanoke is being executed by Elite Business Strategies, the Roanoke Gun Violence Prevention Commission, and ...
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Runners and walkers are "moving their feet so others can eat" at a different location this morning - the Drumstick Dash has been moved to ...
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To honor their employees and the community, Botetourt County is launching a new initiative called e3 which stands for Encourage - Empower - Energize. This ...
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During the Thanksgiving holiday, Virginia State Police will once again take part in Operation C.A.R.E. - Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort - increasing its visibility ...
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Guilty counts on most felony counts today in the murder of Ahmaud Abery, a black man chased down and then shot dead by three white ...
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A Roanoke man who was acquitted in a May 2019 murder that took place on Denniston Avenue in Grandin Village has been arrested on a ...
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