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(from VDH) The Virginia Department of Health’s Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD) will begin to vaccinate essential workers in Phase 1c beginning on ...
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Max Scherzer will now take the mound - hopefully - tomorrow at home versus Jacob DeGrom and the NY Mets in the Washington Nationals home ...
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Governor Northam has signed into law a measure that supporters say provides protections against voter suppression, discrimination, and intimidation in the commonwealth. It’s called the Voting ...
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Roanoke's unique mountaintop zoo is ready to welcome bigger crowds. More from WFIR intern reporter Alex Powell: 3-31 Mill Mountain Wrap-WEB ...
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Its spring football practice time at Virginia Tech for quarterback Braxton Burmeister and the Hokies offense, time to work on chemistry: WPLY-MIN ...
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As of today between vaccinating their own employees and what's been distributed at mass clinics, Carilion has put 100,000 shots in arms. 98 year old ...
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The Virginia Department of Health has opened up a phone line that most Roanoke Valley residents eligible for Phase 1a or 1b COVID-19 vaccinations can ...
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State health officials say providing COVID-19 vaccines to homebound Virginians presents logistical challenges that they are working to overcome as soon as possible. The main ...
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(Associated Press) -- The chair of the Virginia Parole Board has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Richmond TV station and one of its reporters ...
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Updated numbers for the Near Southwest Region, which includes Carilion, Centra, LewisGale, Sovah, and the Salem VA medical center as of today: there are 120 ...
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Governor Northam has announced amendments that will make recreational use of marijuana legal in Virginia as of July 1st this year, as opposed to July ...
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NEWS RELEASE: Boones Mill, VA. (March 30, 2021) -The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at approximately 1:15pm on March 29th, 2021 from ...
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The Virginia Department of Health is reporting 1 new COVID-19 related death and 3 new related hospitalizations in the Roanoke Valley in the latest 24-hour ...
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Firefighters and EMS technicians that save lives and provide immediate aid to the sick or injured are often thought of as a rare, "tough breed." ...
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On March 30, 2021 at approximately 4:45 p.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a possible shooting in the 1400 block of Melrose Avenue NW. Responding ...
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NEWS RELEASE:  Roanoke Police have arrested Aariqua Austin, 23 of Roanoke, and charged her with malicious wounding regarding the shooting that occurred in the 500 ...
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Can a fully-vaccinated person still get COVID-19? Dr. Cynthia Morrow with the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts attempted to answer that today.  Morrow said ...
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Virginia state government has finalized a $3.7 billion rail plan that officials say will expand and improve freight and passenger rail service across the Commonwealth ...
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Its spring football practice time for UVA starting today - Cavs head coach Bronco Mendenhall says he missed it in 2020: WPLY-MIN ...
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The VDH today is reporting 1 new coronavirus death and 4 new related hospitalizations in the Roanoke Valley in the latest 24-hour reporting period. State ...
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