Roanoke VA

You open your eyes and the first thing you see is the lake. The mountains rise on the other side, and the morning light is filtering through the trees. This Virginia state park lets you wake up surrounded by lake and forest views, a place where the outdoors are right outside your door. I spent a weekend here, camping b

BEDFORD COUNTY, VA — A teenager’s body was recovered from a Virginia reservoir after search crews spent the weekend looking for the missing youth near the dam in Bedford County. The recovery brought a tragic end to an effort that had drawn local emergency workers to the water and surrounding shoreline.

Wawa has been in Virginia for more than 25 years, with more than 135 of its convenience stores and fuel stations in the Commonwealth – but has only started to expand into the western part of the state. This morning they cut a ribbon on West Main Street in Salem, giving away free t-shirts and coffee. The Pennsylvania-ba

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - Officers are looking for the public’s help identifying a man they say allegedly committed a theft at a Salem store, the Salem Police Department announced Thursday. Officers said they’re looking to identify a man pictured; the photo was taken in the 1700 block of East...

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — Two men in Roanoke have been charged with burglary following an incident early Wednesday morning. Roanoke Police said that at approximately 12:30 a.m. on September 3, the department was notified of an alarm activation at a business in the 2500 block of Orange Avenue. When...

The National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, Virginia has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia, including Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany and Wilkes counties. Day One — Today and Tonight. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous w

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The Community Health Center of the New River Valley recently received a $100,000 gift from Bud Foster’s Lunch Pail Defense Foundation in support of its “A New Home for Health, Healing and Hope” Capital Campaign. The donation will underwrite two pediatric medical treatment...

ROANOKE, Va. – It can be tough for a small business to get its footing in a place, but for companies like AccessU, they found their footing right here in Roanoke and have been thriving for what is now 30 years. When one walks into the AccessU building, you’ll...

ROANOKE VALLEY, Va. – A local nonprofit is recruiting volunteers to help children who have been abused or neglected and placed in foster care. A Court Appointed Special Advocate, known as a CASA, is a trained volunteer who gets to know everyone involved in a child’s life and advocates for the child’s best interests.

There’s a white farmhouse sitting in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Catawba, Virginia, and it has a very serious hold on people’s stomachs. The Homeplace Restaurant isn’t just a meal. It’s the kind of experience that makes you rethink every other dinner you’ve ever eaten.