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Blacksburg police warns public on scam
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Blacksburg Police Department issued a scam alert for the public in a Facebook post. Police said there are reports of people claiming to be police officers calling individuals demanding money through Bitcoin and other methods. These scammers are threatening individuals by saying they will...
Virginia Tech students protest War in Gaza, intending multiple-day encampment
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) — Unrest continues at colleges and universities across the country. Demonstrators from New York’s Colombia University to California’s Cal State are addressing the war in Gaza. On Friday, April 26, protests began much closer to home, though it was a much more peaceful scene...
School board receives third-party report for deaths of Blacksburg High School students
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) — The Montgomery County Public Schools has confirmed that it has received the report from the third-party review into the deaths of two Blacksburg High School students from 2023. On Nov. 8, 2023, two teenagers were found dead inside a car at a parking garage, near...
‘When I lost him, my life just stopped.’ Community rallies to help truck driver find lost dog
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – Community members in Virginia rallied together to help a truck driver from Canada reunite with his lost dog. Samuel Bissonnette often makes pitstops in Blacksburg and Christiansburg when he’s driving on a long haul, but he never travels alone. His two dogs are always along for the ride.
University protests arrive at VT in Blacksburg
Virginia Tech is the latest university to join the movement protesting the “widespread death and destruction and annihilation” of the Palestinian people. An Instagram post calls for all students to come out to the Graduate Life Center lawn immediately.
Bedford PD makes arrests in two child sex-related investigations
BEDFORD, Va. (WFXR) — The Bedford Police Department has announced that two people are now in custody in connection to separate ongoing investigations involving crimes against children. On April 11, officers arrested 39-year-old Franco Calestino Herrera, from Montgomery County, on three felony offenses related to sexual crimes against children.
FRED FIRST: Still is Still Moving . . .
We just don’t quite know when the VAN will be at the door THE RECAP The storyline for the past 6 months has been the tale of our discovery that living in an off-the-beaten-path one-stop-light place like Floyd, Virginia comes with challenges for health and housing in what I am understanding as retirement’s ugly older […]
19-year-old charged in Montgomery County fatal crash
MONTGOMERY CO., Va. – A 19-year-old woman was charged after a crash in Montgomery County left a 60-year-old man dead on Sunday, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said at around 7:25 a.m. Sunday, deputies with the sheriff’s office and Christiansburg Fire and Rescue responded to...
What to know about the avian flu’s impact on dairy cows
BLACKSBURG, Va. – While the avian flu affecting dairy cattle has not been found in Virginia, if you have dairy cattle, there are still some things you need to be aware of. “We have found some cases in cattle, dairy cattle, and it’s the same virus that infects the birds and that’s probably where these cattle got it from,” said Tanya LeRoith, director of the diagnostic lab at Virginia Tech and a clinical professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
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