Meet Some Clubs: Redwood’s Second Semester Club Day
Camera man: Adam Lopez. Interviewer and video editor: Beth Musto. Beth Musto, '26, is a fourth-year member of the Redwood Gigantea. She writes for the Clubs & Lifestyles section, and is also the Editor-in-Chief of the paper.She is a part of CSF and is the secretary for the Paperback Rangers Book Club. Her email is,...
Roanoke fire leaves family displaced, four firefighters injured
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — A Thursday morning house fire in Northwest Roanoke City left a family displaced and sent four firefighters to the hospital. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning, Matthew Lee woke to the smell of smoke coming from the basement of his family’s home in the 2700 block of Courtland Avenue. Lee...
Winter Storm Warning Issued for Our Region
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our region from 1 pm today through 7 am on Sunday. Heavy snow is expected with accumulation totals between 4 and 7 inches along with wind gusts as high as 50 mph. Travel could be very difficult....
Why Locals LOVE This Best Friends-Owned Burger Institution in Roanoke, VA
This downtown Roanoke institution delivers exactly what the name promises: exceptional craft beer and award-winning burgers in a laid-back atmosphere. Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint serves 100% American Wagyu beef burgers that have earned accolades across multiple states, paired with a rotating selection of over...
More snow on the way this weekend
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — More snow is on the way this weekend!. You are looking at my forecast snow totals for Friday and Saturday (most snow falls Saturday) for January 30 to 31, 2026. As I’m typing this, big snow totals are underway across far SW Virginia north of...
Classic Motorsports Road Tours: Experience unique natural sites
Why just visit some of the country’s most picturesque natural sites when you could experience them from behind the wheel of your favorite car?. That’s just what’s in store–plus much, much more–when you join us on any of our Classic Motorsports Road Tours. Our Orange...
Unsolved Virginia: Darlene Fleshman has been missing 13 years
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A sister searches for answers 13 years after her sister disappeared. Now – she is speaking with us in an interview you’ll only see on WDBJ7 on this episode of Unsolved Virginia. “She was full of life,” said Patricia Phelps. Darlene Fleshman’s sister...
Crews prep for more snow while Commonwealth roads remain icy
ROANOKE/SALEM/RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - With more snowy weather being forecast across our hometowns Friday evening, January 30 until Sunday, February 1, the Virginia Department of Transportation and the City of Roanoke are preparing for the weather impact on roads as they remain icy from the previous weekend. The City...
City of Roanoke preparing for more snow to come down this weekend
Last weekend, the entire Southwest Virginia region was blanketed in snow. Following that snowstorm, the region’s streets were gripped by solid ice that has refused to go away. The City of Roanoke has been doing its best to try and keep the roads cleared, with snowplow crews working on...
Bedford County deputies deliver meals and support to storm-struck residents
BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — As people start to thaw out after the winter storm, not everyone is able to get back on the roads just yet. For some residents in Bedford County still stuck at home, help arrived right at their front door on Thursday. A warm meal...
