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ROANOKE, VA. – Some Roanokers are asking for the city’s help dealing with a major headache. They fear a busy intersection in South Roanoke will soon be even busier as Carilion continues to grow the Roanoke Memorial Hospital complex. If you drive through South Roanoke you probably know the intersection...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A man is dead following a pursuit with troopers down the Blue Ridge Parkway Wednesday. The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Appomattox Field Office is investigating the fatal shooting involving Virginia State Police personnel that occurred Wednesday evening in Amherst County. The incident...

FOREST, Va. (WDBJ) - The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person seen on surveillance photos breaking into, stealing from and damaging several food trucks at the Backyard, on Route 221 at Burn Bridge Road in Forest. Investigators say the incident took place about 4:30 a.m June 15....

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — The Trust for Public Land, a conservation nonprofit, will be taking ownership of Natural Bridge State Park, according to the Virginia Resources Authority. The board approved a loan restructuring at their June 15 meeting, which will transfer temporary ownership of the park to the Trust...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A church in Botetourt County is growing a community and fighting hunger through its Garden of Grace. “Before long, it will be every other day you’ll be getting the stuff out,” Pastor Chuck Miller said. As Miller walks through the rows of produce behind Wheatland...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Food truck businesses in Forest are still stunned after being vandalized, ransacked and looted early Tuesday morning. The businesses operate at The BackYard, law enforcement tells us they are suspect involved is responsible for break in’s, larceny and property damage. Papa O's had their window...

Its opening was delayed by a few months in 2020, but then Mast General Store on South Jefferson Street opened and soldiered on through the pandemic. At a celebration of its one year anniversary in Roanoke this morning, Vice-Mayor Trish White-Boyd said she is bullish about the future. Company president Lisa Cooper also spoke at the first-year anniversary event. White-Boyd commended the North Carolina-based retailer for donating a portion of its sales to non-profits in the Roanoke Valley.

A little more than a month ago, I told you the story of Linda Jones and her smashed car. On May 10, a Roanoke garbage truck creamed the entire driver’s side of her 2016 Ford Focus sedan while it was legally parked outside her home in northwest Roanoke. At that...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – Overnight paving that was extended into Thursday morning due to equipment failure has closed a portion of I-81 South and an exit, according to VDOT. Exit 168 onto I-81 South is closed, and I-81 South between 169.5 and 168 will be closed until 9 a.m. Buchanan...

The National Park Service has issued a warning about increased bear activity in many of the Blue Ridge region’s forests. Recent reports have come in from North Carolina’s Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, and over Memorial Day weekend a ranger in Great Smoky Mountains National Park discovered video of a park visitor feeding peanut butter to a bear. The bear was tranquilized and released in the same general area around Cades Cove. While dangerous for humans, feeding bears also puts the animals in danger of becoming food conditioned, which ultimately leads to more interactions with humans and bruins being euthanized.

ROANOKE, Va. – Calling all pet parents!. Get ready to primp your pooch for Roanoke’s first-ever Downtown Dog Show!. You can put your four-legged friend in the running for categories including Best in Mutt, Best in Show, Best Smile and Best Dressed. If you’re not interested in the competition, there...

CHATHAM, Va. (WDBJ) - As the Blue Ridge Rock Festival is set to bring 20,000 guests to the Blue Ridge Amphitheater this September, the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors felt they needed to update their music festival ordinances that had been in place since the ’90s. “There has been months...

ROANOKE, Va. – While June is all about celebrating pride, local activists say it is also a time to recognize how much work still needs to be done. “It still is scary to be trans here,” said author and associate professor of history at Roanoke College Dr. Samantha Rosenthal. “So, we need all of the support we can get.”

NEWS RELEASE: The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in identifying a suspect involved in the break-ins, larceny and property damage of several food trucks at the Backyard located on Rt.221 at Burn Bridge Road. The incident took place at approximately 4:30AM on 6/15/21. At the time of the incident the suspect was wearing black Nike flip flops, long sleeve shirt, long pants, gloves and a dirt bike style helmet. The suspect arrived and left the location driving a motor scooter.

CLIFTON FORGE — Patsy’s Dance Studio held its 37th annual recital at the Historic Masonic Theater on Saturday, June 12. Patsy’s Dance Studio is located in Covington, and offers ballet, tap, jazz, clogging, flag instruction, pre-pointe, and pointe class for students 18 months and up. The theme of this year’s...

ROANOKE, Va. – With Amazon Prime Day just around the corner, the Better Business Bureau is warning shoppers about common scams they may run into. From June 21-22, folks with an Amazon Prime subscription will have exclusive access to a plethora of great deals on high-ticketed items, but this also might mean bad news for those susceptible to online scams.

ROANOKE, Va. – Step by step, Massachusetts native Paul Erhard is making the nearly 2,200-mile trek along the Appalachian Trail. “One foot in front of the other,” said Erhard, who passed through Roanoke on Wednesday. “I started down in Springer Mountain and just basically walking home.”. But along the way,...

ROANOKE, Va. – As the coronavirus pandemic slows down, doctors are dealing with an increase in patients for other causes. When the coronavirus took center stage at the beginning of the pandemic, other healthcare needs for many took a backseat. “We didn’t have many patients coming into the offices at...

ROANOKE, Va. – It’s Thursday morning, June 17th, and it feels more like early October. You won’t need the A/C running in the car first thing in the morning, but you may during the afternoon. Temperatures start in the 40s and 50s, but sunshine and low humidity will help give...

Two women took the witness stand Monday in Roanoke Circuit Court, daughters who each lost a father in the Oct. 30, 2018, attack that claimed the lives of Travis Jerrod Turnage, 37, and Jacob Sallah, 42. “They say time heals, but in my experience time stands still,” Tyschana Turnage told...