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Call it a real "Power Lunch" - more than 250 of the region's top female leaders, professionals and philanthropists turned out for the 17th Annual ...
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The need to watch out for pedestrians is in the spotlight this month, but even more so after a pedestrian was hit yesterday in downtown ...
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A Roanoke agency that serves low-income mothers-to-be and parents of young children says it has been able to meet most of its clients' needs for ...
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This past Saturday was a very special day for the music director and conductor for the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra's Music Director and conductor. More from ...
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Virginia Capitol Police are investigating after a bullet pierced a window at the office of the Attorney General in downtown Richmond. News outlets report that ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed paperwork Tuesday with federal labor regulators to hold a union election, joining ...
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Sources tell WFIR News that a pedestrian was hit this evening near the intersection of 1st street and Campbell Avenue SW in downtown Roanoke. The ...
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Firefighters rescued a dog Monday evening from a burning home in southeast Roanoke. Crews arrived to find smoke coming from the two-story home in the ...
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It has been two years since a landslide forced the Blue Ridge Parkway's closure between Roanoke and Adney Gap near Bent Mountain. Work is now ...
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Virginia’s attorney General is criticizing high school students who walked out of their classrooms to protest a leaked Supreme Court draft decision. WFIR’s Clark Palmer ...
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Opera Roanoke's season finale is coming up this Friday night and Sunday afternoon, when Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem," is on stage at Jefferson Center. Artistic director ...
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This Summer there's an opportunity to see replicas of terrible lizards, as their name implies, among the trees of the Blue Ridge. WFIR's Camden Lazenby ...
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ARLINGTON, Va. — An Alexandria, Va., man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers unloaded a stash of 23 prohibited items from ...
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On May 9, 2022 at approximately 9:30 a.m., Roanoke Police were patrolling the area near Salem Turnpike NW and 24th Street NW when they heard ...
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The NCAA announced the field for the 2022 NCAA DIII Women's Lacrosse National Championship tournament on Monday morning. Just as the Roanoke men experienced last ...
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An organization that has been around since 2006 - the Virginia Telehealth Network - has witnessed remote medical services come to the forefront over the ...
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Some controversy at today's Roanoke City Council meeting when ordinances and resolutions for the next fiscal year budget were approved. Council member Stephanie Moon-Reynolds wanted ...
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It’s not necessarily cheap to be a volunteer firefighter so a local department is trying to help through pivoting to a new type of charity ...
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In-person early voting has started in Virginia. WFIR’s Ian Price has the information you need to know before the June Primary. 5-9 Early Voting WRAP ...
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From Roanoke College Athletics: The NCAA announced the field for the 2022 NCAA Men's Lacrosse National Championship Tournament last night. The Roanoke College men's lacrosse ...
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