Roanoke VA

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - Businesses on Main Street are starting to return to normal after a stormwater drainage project in Salem closed the street for months, but some local businesses already took a hit. Traffic on Main and Broad streets reopened Monday. Sports Haven, a Salem shop known for selling...

MONETA, Va – The Moneta Volunteer Fire Department said that a patient was in critical condition following a vehicle collision Saturday night. According to officials, crews were dispatched to the 1500 block of Diamond Hill Road at 1:07 a.m. following an Apple Watch crash detection alert. Attempts to establish contact with device owner.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A dog did not survive a fire that damaged a house and displaced a family, according to Roanoke Fire-EMS. At 5:18 p.m. November 13, 2026, fire crews were called to the 600 block of Elmcrest Street NE. Firefighters found and extinguished a fire in the kitchen of the home.

Roanoke Catholic is heading back to a state championship game for the first time since 2019 after a dominant 60-0 victory over Atlantic Shores Christian in the VISAA Division II state semifinals Friday night. Playing at Christiansburg High School’s Porterfield Stadium, the Celtics wasted no time taking control of the...

Earth Fare partnered with Feeding Southwest Virginia for a “Share the Health” Food Donation Drive from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. Community members and Earth Fare shoppers dropped off shelf-stable food items at the Earth Fare location on Franklin Road SW to help nourish their neighbors. The food drive brought in 2,760 pounds of food for a local agency partner, Good Samaritan Christian Soldiers, whose pantry serves the neighbors of Roanoke City and the Town of Vinton.

Why is that one pothole that you have to swerve to avoid every day on your drive to work still there after a month? Quite probably, it’s because it simply hasn’t been reported. “Usually, citizens will let us know”, says Ethan Burnette, a supervisor for VDOT’s Southwest Area...

ROANOKE, VA. (WFXR) – Archie the yellow nine-year-old lab went missing from his Bent Mountain home Monday around one in the afternoon. He had been missing for two days, until his family heard his howling coming from the mountainside and called for help. There were three stations involved, Back Creek Station #11, Hollins Station #5, […]

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Junior League of Roanoke Valley is hosting its 38th annual Stocked Market November 13 through 15 at the Berglund Center. More than 100 merchants will be on hand, offering shoppers a variety of items, including home décor, jewelry, specialty foods and gifts. This year...

Google, which plans to build a number of data centers in the area, will give 2 million dollars to the Roanoke Outside Foundation for the Project Outside, so that organization can then issue grants for local outdoor amenities. This includes work on rehabbing recreation spaces and building or upgrading trails. Project Outside grantees must use the funding over the next two years says Pete Eshelman with the Roanoke Outside Foundation. Since 2013 Project Outside has been able to raise and issue gran

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Roanoke Outside Foundation has announced a huge donation. Google is giving $2 million to Project Outside. The money will go toward maintaining and sustaining the Roanoke region’s outdoor areas. Projects include things such as trail building, improving river access and creating programs to get...