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Over the past decade the number of veteran-owned businesses has dropped by more than 20 percent. So said 6th District Republican Congressman Ben Cline live ...
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Virginia’s first retail-only marijuana facility opens in Salem this week. It’s still for medical marijuana patients only as WFIR’s Ian Price reports, on RISE-Salem: 07-26 ...
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99 days -- that is now the time remaining before Virginia selects its next governor, and it is already clear that the campaign funding and ...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A doctor at the University of Virginia has been arrested and accused of possessing child pornography, according to Charlottesville police and ...
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NEWS RELEASE: On July 24, 2021 at approximately 10:30 p.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a shooting in the 2600 block of Cove Road NW. As ...
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LURAY, Va. (AP) — A body believed to be that of a missing Virginia woman has been found in the Shenandoah National Park, officials said ...
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NEWS RELEASE: United Airlines has added the Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Airport to its Touchdown in College Town Program to support additional demand expected for the ...
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(Update 7-28) Roanoke Police have arrested James Edward Lee, 53 of Roanoke, for the assault of a Roanoke Police K-9 Officer/Roanoke Police K-9 and for ...
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NEWS RELEASE: The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has been attempting to identify a person suspected in passing counterfeit currency on the southside of Bedford County ...
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UPDATE 7/26 5pm: Roanoke Police have determined that the teenage victim located on Cherry Avenue NW was injured in a shooting that occurred at approximately ...
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden led the kind of campaign rally that was impossible last year because of the pandemic, speaking before nearly ...
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NEWS RELEASE: (Strasburg, Va.) – The North Fork of the Shenandoah River in Shenandoah County is experiencing a benthic harmful algae bloom (HAB) caused by ...
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A month out from Virginia’s first gun buyback event in Roanoke, everyone from local non-profit leaders and lawmakers to concerned citizens is trying to get ...
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State transportation officials are considering a new passenger rail route that would link Roanoke and the New River Valley with Richmond and Hampton Roads. This ...
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Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal crash in Franklin County. The crash occurred July 20, 2021 at 10:30 p.m. on Truevine Road, less than ...
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Roanoke-area home sales are setting records this year, and realtors say they are seeing multiple offers at times like never before. The Roanoke Valley Association ...
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An area Congressman and the Republican running for Virginia Attorney General are calling for the United States to stand with Cubans who are protesting the ...
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State Police have released details of a fatal accident earlier this week in Bedford County. Officials say two vehicles collided head-on near Evington early Monday ...
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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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