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TRAFFIC ALERT: Water pipe break causing road closures on West Main Street in Salem
SALEM, Va. (WFXR) – A portion of West Main Street in Salem is currently closed due to a water pipe break, the city officials announced. The break has affected service from Fort Lewis Blvd. to Beverly Heights. Officials urge drivers to use alternate routes as crews repair the issue. Stay with WFXR for traffic updates.
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"I Commend Them to Your Care": 92 Years After a President's Promise, the Salem VA Is Still Keeping It
On the afternoon of Oct. 19, 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Roanoke by train. At 4 p.m., he stood before a crowd of 40,000 on the campus of a brand-new hospital. On the afternoon of Oct. 19, 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Roanoke by train. At 4 p.m., he stood before a crowd of 40,000 on the campus of a brand-new hospital: 16 buildings in the hills just outside Salem, built for the men who had fought in the First World War and come home to a country still finding out what that war had cost them.
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‘We are being recognized more so now’: 101-year-old Iwo Jima veteran reflects on service
From a small town in Virginia to the battlefields of the Pacific, Marion Noel’s memories of World War II span more than eight decades. Noel, 101, joined the Navy in 1943 — just a year after graduating high school. He went on to serve in two major battles in the Pacific, including one of the most iconic moments in American military history.