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BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A Botetourt County school will be closed on Friday after a gas leak was discovered. Around 4:30 on November 13, a gas leak was detected at Colonial Elementary. School officials said the source had been located and the leak was stopped. However, the school...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Residents in the Botetourt County area are seeing heavy smoke on Wednesday, and we've been hearing reports of hazy smoke in other counties, too. According to the Botetourt County Department of Fire & EMS, this is due to the Bald Mountain fire. Firefighters said...

WDBJ7.com - 11/09/2025 11:08:00 PM. A few days ago, the news of a missing 12-year-old girl, Trinity Cataleya Ann Russell, from Roanoke, was making headlines. The case was widely discussed and followed by the public. However, the recent update that Trinity has been found safe, as reported by the Roanoke Police, has...

The city paid PFM Group to take an independent look at what the next five years may bring. Budget deficits will be the norm for the city of Roanoke unless significant changes are made as revenue growth slows after a post-pandemic bump, according to a consultant’s report. The city...

From Wheat Field to Landmark: The Birth of Hotel Roanoke. The story began in a wheat field. In 1882, the Norfolk and Western Railway decided its new headquarters town, now called Roanoke, needed a hotel for travelers and company leaders arriving by train. The company spent twenty thousand dollars and...

ROANOKE, Va. – Don’t wait until it’s too late, car mechanics are urging people to get their cars looked at now as winter approaches. “I would highly suggest getting it done now. That way, if you’re caught in a bad storm, your car is prepared and you’re prepared as well,” said Driven Automotive Owner Klint Claiborne.

Big Lots in Vinton celebrated its “come back” with a grand opening and ribbon cutting with the. Town of Vinton and the Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 30. The store has opened. under the new ownership of Variety Wholesalers, Inc., known by many as “America’s best...

Administrators at Lynchburg Regional Airport said an American Airlines flight from Roanoke to Charlotte was diverted to Lynchburg.

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- Emergency workers are on the scene of collision involving a train and a tractor-trailer. According to the Botetourt County Department of Fire & EMS, it happened at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, November 13, in the 15000 block of Narrow Passage Road, in Eagle Rock. It appears the...

ROANOKE, Va. & LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2025-- Carilion Clinic, a leading integrated health system serving western Virginia, and Mevion Medical Systems, the global leader in compact proton therapy, today announced a partnership to bring advanced proton therapy to the new Carilion Taubman Cancer...