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From Bedford County Sheriff's Office:  [This morning at approximately 3am] the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a pursuit in the Goodview area of ...
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A new study shows chronic pain patients significantly reduce their use of opioids following the initiation of Cannabis Therapy. The head of a Virginia Marijuana ...
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Two working fires in Roanoke. Officials posted on Facebook that Roanoke Fire-EMS was dispatched after 3 am this morning to a fire in the 400 ...
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The director for the New River Health District on staying safe this Thanksgiving weekend when it comes to COVID-19 - and on another virus making ...
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(AP) A jury has awarded millions of dollars in damages against white nationalist leaders for violence that erupted during the 2017 Unite the Right rally ...
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A Roanoke man scratched a lucky Virginia Lottery ticket -- a one-million-dollar "Power 10s" ticket. Donald Harris chose the one-time cash option of roughly $640,000 ...
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If you have any out-of-state driving in your upcoming holiday plans, some nearby states have significantly lower average gas prices -- but for some others, ...
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A regularly updated study shows how safe each state is during the COVID-19 pandemic. WFIR’s Ian Price has details about where Virginia landed on the ...
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The Roanoke Times might be changing ownership. Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, one of the country’s largest newspaper owners with a reputation for intense cost ...
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(From DrumstickDash.net) These last few days have been a whirlwind of conversations with Roanoke City Traffic & Engineering - then follow ups with our Race ...
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While you are getting those Holiday shopping lists together for Black Friday and Cyber-Monday, don't forget about "Small Business Saturday" this weekend. More from WFIR's ...
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After a summer plagued with extreme weather events ranging from dangerous heat waves - intense hurricanes - floods - and raging wildfires that cost Americans ...
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From Franklin County Sheriff's Office: Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic, has taken over this country’s substance abuse epidemic by force. Similar to morphine, but ...
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Glen Younkin recently commented on the cooperation that he has seen in his transition to become Virginia's next governor ... WFIR's Rob Ruthenberg has more ...
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Not a good weekend for college football teams locally ... Pitt beats UVA 48 to 38 ... JC Price's first game as interim head coach ...
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President Biden's "Build Back Better" legislation has been passed by Democrats in the House as expected. Now comes the heavy lifting in the Senate. More ...
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With big Thanksgiving dinners on the way in many homes this week, those preparing them may come across foods in their pantries with expired dates ...
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PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — A grand jury in Virginia has indicted a police officer on charges that he misused a stun gun on an unarmed ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Maryland woman has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for her role in a scheme in which bribes were ...
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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia doctor has been sentenced to three years in prison for writing prescriptions that mixed powerful painkillers into narcotic ...
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