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Roanoke City officials hope art can remind people that there’s No Need to Speed. WFIR’s Ian Price has more on the second annual Color Your ...
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A Roanoke College professor says he was surprised by a judge’s order which called for the removal of Confederate located in front of the college ...
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Since Memorial Day weekend, the national average of gas prices has increased 13 cents a gallon, and in Virginia, the average gas price has risen ...
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A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 17-and-a-half years in prison for seeking sexually-explicit photos and videos from teenage boys in southwest Virginia. Federal ...
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Virginia's DMV is starting a new safety campaign in efforts to protect drivers and pedestrians. The central focus of the campaign is through animated PSAs ...
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One of the General Assembly's Republican leaders wasted no time criticizing the COVID-related guidance issued to schools across Virginia. It recommends that all students and ...
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A statewide health alert is in effect for the rest of Wednesday, the result of particle pollution caused by smoke from wildfires in the western ...
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State health and education officials "strongly recommend" masks for all elementary school students, teachers and staff -- regardless of vaccination status -- when the next ...
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We are not even into August yet, but the two major-party candidates for Virginia governor have already raised more than $43 million for their campaigns, ...
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Two years later an Asheville-based band with several distinct musical genres will get their first-place prize from 2019 this weekend at FloydFest 2021 "Odyssey" - ...
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On July 20, 2021 at approximately 8:00 p.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a person with a gunshot wound in the 3500 block of Dona ...
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NEWS RELEASE: At 12:52am, Monday morning, July 19th, Roanoke Fire-EMS was dispatched to the 100 block of Church Ave SW for a fire alarm. Units ...
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NEWS RELEASE: The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Senior Citizen . On July 20th, 2021, at approximately ...
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There was a ribbon cutting for a new bridge that is part of the Roanoke River Greenway today. The Barnhardt Creek Bridge connects sections between ...
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3rd Street Coffeehouse in Roanoke is wrapping up its year-long charity concert series early next month.  It started "Tuesday Tunes" as a weekly on-line concert ...
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A local consulting and executive coaching firm that went through the Gauntlet business competition this spring is now helping Fleet Feet Roanoke raise money to ...
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Its likely but nothing is official yet that children going to school starting next month may have to wear masks - with no vaccine approved ...
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Tonight the public can give its input at a meeting being held by the Roanoke Parks and Recreation Advisory Board .... WFIR's Rob Ruthenberg has ...
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Virginia has earned Back-to-Back Titles in a CNBC ranking as “America’s Top State for Business...WFIR's Rob Ruthenberg has more 7-15 Kaine Wrap#2 ...
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Lord Botetourt lineman Gunner Givens has verbally committed to play football at Virginia Tech - reportedly choosing the Hokies over dozens of other offers. Penn ...
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