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(VSP release) Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash which occurred on the southbound side of Interstate 81, near the 131 mile ...
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(from City of Salem) The Salem Fire & EMS Department responded to a residential structure fire at 1006 West Riverside Drive (Lot 68) at approximately ...
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MIDLAND, Va. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy suspected of fatally shooting his mother and his 6-year-old brother in their Virginia home was arrested on Saturday ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — If there is a state where Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is Virginia. By ...
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(From Governor's office) RICHMOND—The 13th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station successfully launched today at 3:21 p.m. from Wallops Island. The mission will ...
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(from Roanoke FIRE-EMS) UPDATE: Cause is accidental, electrical in nature. At 12:41am, Roanoke Fire-EMS was dispatched to the 1900 block of Valley View Blvd NW ...
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The new Hollins University President as of August 1 went to an all-female high school and believes in the single-sex college model for young women ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg is set to address Virginia Democrats at their biggest fundraising event of the year. The billionaire ...
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A support group for new mothers - "Huddle Up Moms" - is just getting off the ground in Roanoke, looking to help women find all ...
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A Roanoke senior living provider is providing something new for its workers: instant access to any wages earned up to that point. They no longer ...
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There were almost 205,000 meals served by the Roanoke Rescue Mission last year to people struggling with hunger and homelessness. Now a donated piece of ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is telling lawmakers that a stronger than expected economy means they will have an extra $180 million ...
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The NASCAR season kicks off with the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Dennis Bickmeier is the President of Richmond Raceway and he weighs in. And the ...
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Amtrak's Roanoke service appears to be a success by almost any measure in its first 21 months, but another state-sponsored public transportation project is also ...
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Wheelchair basketball is one of the more recognizable "adaptive sports" and ALL are welcome tomorrow at Roanoke College to take part in a 3-on-3 tournament ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — After Democrats took control of Virginia’s state legislature, criminal justice reform advocates saw their best chance in decades for widespread change ...
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An associate Supreme Court Justice who helped strike down the all male admissions policy at VMI, reflects on the rulings impact. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has ...
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BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — An orphaned black bear cub has been placed with a substitute mother this week after being saved by a dog and ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — More than 1,000 people rallied at the Virginia Capitol on Thursday, protesting legislation advancing in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly that would ...
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Roanoke fire officials say one person was killed when flames erupted this morning in a northwest home. Firefighters were called to the 23oo block of ...
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