BBB alert: Phishing email using BBB name

A new phishing email is targeting local businesses and using the Better Business Bureau name to appear legitimate. The BBB says an email was sent ...

Virginia state House still mulling disgraced lawmaker’s fate

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Nearly three weeks after the 2015 legislative session started, leaders in the Virginia House of Delegates are still trying to figure ...

U.Va. issues alert to students after mumps case confirmed

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) _ The University of Virginia says a case of mumps has been confirmed on the campus and it's awaiting test results of ...

Rural Va. broadband access lags behind FCC benchmarks

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A new report says broadband service that meets today's speed standards is lacking in rural Virginia. The report by the Federal ...

Va. projects get funding to boost solar power deployment

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Energy Department is providing funding for two Virginia-based projects aimed at boosting the deployment of solar power. Officials say the ...

Va. Senate votes to ban adoption of Common Core standards

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The state Senate has voted to prohibit adoption of the national Common Core curriculum standards in Virginia public schools without prior ...

U.Va. head: School to be national leader on campus safety

University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan says her university will become a national leader on improving campus safety. Sullivan made the remarks Friday during an ...

Hampden-Sydney says students sickened by norovirus

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) _ Hampden-Sydney College says an illness that sickened about 300 students is norovirus. The college says in a posting on its website ...

Broiler chickens, soybeans top Va. agricultural products

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Broiler chickens and soybeans are Virginia's biggest agricultural products. The most recent Census of Agriculture, for 2012, shows broiler chickens topped ...

Roanoke County official will resign in wake of employee conduct probe

The Roanoke County official at the center of an employee misconduct investigation last year will "resign his position and retire from public service" in February ...

Straight Street’s Justice Experience returns

The Straight Street Ministry on Luck Avenue in downtown Roanoke is holding its second annual "Justice Experience" tomorrow from 10 to 1 ... raising awareness ...

Xperience 2015 aims to attract young professionals

One way to overcome major job losses like the relocation announced by Norfolk Southern: keep more young professionals in the Roanoke Valley ... people that ...

Teachers, police may see a pay raise after all this year

Virginia state employees may see at least a small pay raise under a new proposal by House Republicans. The state workers, including police and teachers, ...

Roanoke middle school participating in NASA challenge

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Students at nine Virginia middle schools are participating in a NASA program to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The Virginia ...

Va. conservation grants to preserve 5,700-plus acres

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Fourteen grants totaling $1.7 million have been awarded by Virginia's land conservation board. The Virginia Land Conservation Foundation awards will help ...

Virginia Senate panel OKs marijuana derivatives for epilepsy

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A proposal to legalize two derivatives of the marijuana plant for treating epilepsy has cleared its first hurdle in the General ...

Attempt to repeal abortion ultrasound law fails in Senate

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A Republican-controlled state Senate committee has defeated an attempt to repeal a 2012 law requiring a woman seeking an abortion to ...

Bill to cut number of school tests fails in Senate committee

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ An attempt to reduce the number of required standardized tests taken by Virginia schoolchildren has failed in a Virginia Senate committee ...

Mother of inmate delivers pardon petition to Va. governor

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The mother of an inmate serving more than six life terms for a robbery is asking Gov. Terry McAuliffe to grant ...

Man arrested forMelrose neighborhood arson is a “strong person of interest”...

From Roanoke City Police:  Roanoke, Va.- On January 28, 2014 at 7:33 a.m. Roanoke Police were dispatched to the 2300 block of Salem Turnpike NW ...