Roanoke VA

The Hotel Roanoke Conference Center Commission took a step Wednesday toward selling the facility. The commission unanimously voted to sell the conference center portion of the facility to the Virginia Tech Foundation for $14 million. The deal is set to close by early October. The move paves the way for...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Findings from Roanoke City’s 2025 Parking Study will be revealed to the public on Monday. According to the City of Roanoke website, the purpose of the study was to “evaluate current parking conditions and plan for the future needs for residents, businesses and visitors.” It examined parking availa

The front that brought us our severe weather yesterday continues to push to the southeast of the region. Beautiful weather returns with a good amount of sunshine and highs in the low to mid 80s. Humidity levels drop off as well. Thursday & Friday. Temperatures return to the mid 80s...

Our Wednesday is looking absolutely stunning in the wake of Tuesday’s strong storms. While we are dry on Wednesday, Roanoke set a record for the most rainfall within a day on Tuesday! It was certainly a soggy day with a few very strong storms. The setup is much more...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley is kicking off its annual Women Build, bringing volunteers to a Southeast Roanoke jobsite to help tackle the region’s affordable housing shortage. Wednesday, women are building for women, because Habitat says about 75% of its homebuyers are single mothers

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The CDC says it can coordinate up to 36 investigations into multi-state foodborne illness outbreaks each week, involving germs such as E. coli, salmonella, listeria, and parasites like cyclospora, which has been linked to a nine-state outbreak. A clinical psychologist says the volume of food safet

Search efforts started back up Wednesday to find a 25-year-old man who went missing while swimming in the Potomac River.

ROANOKE, Va. – It may be summer, but the Salvation Army of Roanoke is bringing holiday cheer to our area with its Christmas in July fundraiser. The iconic red kettles will be out at the Bonsack Walmart now through Friday, July 31, to help bridge the gap when donations slow down but needs stay high. After all, community

Virginia has recorded one of its worst job-growth performances in recent memory, shedding more than 43,000 net payroll positions over the past twelve months and placing 49th among all states. Roanoke tells a different story. The city's unemployment rate stands at 3.7%, while neighboring Salem sits even lower at 3.2%, a

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. — Montgomery County volunteer fire and rescue personnel will receive a 60% reduction in personal property taxes on their vehicles under a measure approved by the Board of Supervisors. Volunteers who work at least 200 hours will pay $1 per $100 of assessed vehicle value, down...