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This Friday April 1st begins "Distracted Driving Awareness Month". Roanoke City Police will hold a special rally next Monday. WFIR's Bob Clark has the details: ...

Billed as a followup to International Women's Day,a free seminar this Friday looks at the role of the media - including social media - in ...

The Blue Ridge Marathon returns for a seventh year soon and there is a need for volunteers. WFIR's Bob Clark has details: 3-28 Marathon Volunteers ...

Children's Trust of Roanoke Valley is offering Mediation Skills Training through its Conflict Resolution Center. WFIR's Starr Anderson has more details: 03-28 Mediation Wrap WEB ...

Tom and Lindsay McKinnon have been discharged from the hospital and are asking for the community to turn their attention to their friend who suffered ...

An osprey pair is back in the nest at Smith Mountain Lake State Park -- a nest with a camera trained on it. But this ...

Been sniffling more lately or feeling congested? In many cases its allergies brought on by spring tree blooms. A local allergist weighs in. More from ...

From Virginia State Police: At 4:38 p.m. Sunday, Virginia State Police received a call about a plane making a crash landing in Pittsylvania County. The small ...

House Fire Update: - One older female treated for smoke inhalation and displaced. Will be staying with family. - Fire and smoke Damage estimated around ...

From Virginia State Police: Shortly before 3:30 a.m., Saturday (March 26), the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call concerning a suicidal subject at a ...

Conservative Republican and 23 year military veteran Harry Griego has officially filed for the Republican primary ballot in Virginia's Sixth Congressional District. Griego will challenge ...

The Friendship Rehab South inpatient therapy center on Starkey Road will cut the ribbon during a public open house tomorrow. Today they held a job ...

Planning is underway for the 61st Annual Vinton Dogwood Festival scheduled for April 27 through May 1. WFIR's Starr Anderson has details on how you ...

Governor Terry McAuliffe joined WFIR's Joey Self and Gene Marrano from the Roanoke Valley's Morning News to talk about Deschutes Brewery and other economic development ...

The Norfolk and Western 611 locomotive begins this year's excursion schedule two weeks from tomorrow, excursions that are turning into an important fund-raiser for the ...

Congressman Bob Goodlatte and the chairman of the House Committee on veterans - Jeff Miller of Florida - met with local military veterans in Vinton ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Gov. Terry McAuliffe has vetoed a bill that seeks to undo the Democrat's executive order banning guns in state offices. McAuliffe ...

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) _ A Virginia woman has pleaded to accessory charges in the deaths of a North Carolina couple last year in Myrtle Beach ...

From Virginia State Police:  Trooper J. D. Eames is investigating a fatal crash which happened overnight in Franklin County. State Police received an emergency call ...

Governor McAuliffe recently unveiled a new website that promotes the importance, benefits and standards of safe, quality child care in Virginia. WFIR's Starr Anderson has ...