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A local screen-printing company is selling t-shirts for businesses and organizations in our area to keep money coming in. WFIR’s Ian Price has more: 03-26 ...
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NEWS RELEASE: STUART, Va. – Virginia State Police Senior Trooper K.D. Mabe is investigating a two vehicle crash which resulted in a fatality.  The crash ...
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NEWS RELEASE: In order to encourage the practice of social distancing while using transit, Valley Metro will be suspending fare collections on all Valley Metro ...
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For the first time ever perhaps some companies are considering or have already sent some employees home to "telework," - doing their small part to ...
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NEWS RELEASE: RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, MD, MA today directed all hospitals to stop performing elective surgeries or procedures ...
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Goodwill Industries of the Valleys has closed its thrift stores in response to heightened concerns around the Coronavirus. Goodwill is still accepting donations at most ...
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Governor Northam is calling on Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. to close the college down until the coronavirus pandemic subsides. But Falwell defends his ...
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He hasn't met his players in person yet due to COVID-19, but ex-Salem High School basketball standout Mark Byington is excited to take on his ...
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Several weeks ago at a COVID-19 information session, Chris Turnbull with Carilion Clinic gave a presentation on having a "business continuity plan" in place - ...
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Daily updates from President Trump and Governor Ralph Northam may have overshadowed updates from a Roanoke delegate who is also keeping people in the loop ...
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The numbers are worrisome: 6-figure job losses in the Lodging and Tourism Industry - and the worst could still be ahead says a Virginia trade ...
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Carilion Clinic reports that as of Wednesday morning, it has now treated six patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. The health system says five ...
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From State Health Department: The New River Health District announced yesterday  its first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a resident of the district. The patient ...
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Governor Northam says Virginia is working to obtain more ventilators to handle the expected surge in demand and need as the number of coronavirus cases ...
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You may have noticed more live-streamed concerts and more intimate music performances online lately with public venues shut down. Fincastle native Erin Lunsford is normally ...
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The Virginia Department of Health reports two more confirmed coronavirus cases in Bedford County, bringing the county's total to three. Officials say one of the ...
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Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health made an unannounced inspection Tuesday at Liberty University, where any students wishing to return to campus from spring ...
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The need for more medical supplies and protective equipment has reached the local retirement communities as well - Our Lady of the Valley in Roanoke ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials in Lynchburg were fielding complaints Tuesday about the hundreds of students that have returned from their spring break to Liberty ...
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The Carolina Panthers play here on WPLY - and now they've traded sometimes-2019 starter Kyle Allen to the Washington Redskins. So where does that leave ...
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