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The City of Roanoke is making changes to its voluntary recycling program in hopes of increasing citizen participation. The latest from WFIR's Steve Mabry: Roanoke ...
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This year's debates in Richmond on social issue legislation are turning into campaign material in the race for U.S. Senate. Virginia's proposed "personhood" bill in ...
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Roanoke's popular Green Academy returns next week. Classes begin on March 1st at Fishburn Park Elementary and will be held on consecutive Thursday evenings from ...
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Roanoke Police say a teen missing since last night was found safe earlier today at the intersection of 22nd Street and Cove Road.  16-year-old Nathan ...
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A report from HOMES -- Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia -- says while foreclosure numbers are starting to level off and even decline across ...
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Students involved with Future Farmers of America at Franklin County High School have created a Wounded Eagle Fund to help those involved in a January car ...
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Elton John has twice sold out at the Roanoke Civic Center  -- and done so almost as soon as tickets went on sale. It is ...
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The State Senate appears headed for a budget impasse  as Democrats in the evenly-split chamber seem ready to use their leverage. Republicans call the process ...
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The law requires businesses to have a license in order to operate, and the deadline for applying for that license is just ahead. March 1st ...
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Animal control officers say purchasing pet ID tags is more than just the law -- in many cases, they can help reunite pet and owner ...
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The General Assembly takes up Virginia's next budget this week -- and all eyes are likely to be focused on the State Senate, where the ...
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A Pew Center study has reported that over 20 million US voter registrations have significant errors, ranging from wrong addresses to out-of-state moves to a ...
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The Pizza Pasta Pit in Salem is still closed after a basement fire back on February 1st.  WFIR's Timothy Martin spoke with one of the owners ...
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Many public school teachers across the state say they are wearing black today in what the Virginia Education Association calls a "statewide day of mourning."  ...
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Roanoke Police hope these surveillance photos will help them find the people wanted for robbing a man outside an ATM.  Police say it happened in ...
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The CEO of Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports, says the digital age is empowering consumers to more effectively battle well-funded corporate interests. Jim Guest ...
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Virginia Catholics will receive a letter from their Bishop when they attend services this weekend, part of the Chuch's ongoing battle over federally-mandated birth control ...
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High school and college students from around the state will gather this weekend at Virginia Western for the 5th annual Black Student Leadership Conference.  WFIR's ...
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House Republicans in Richmond are still holding out hope that the Senate will approve a bill to end tenure job protection for Virginia public school  ...
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The House of Delegates has given final approval to what's been called the "Personhood" bill, despite dire predictions from its opponents. The bill's real test ...
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