Roanoke VA

City Council’s quiet move to appoint a retired healthcare finance chief and a real estate strategist to Roanoke’s School Board could reshape how more than a hundred million dollars in education gets spent, and revive the debate over who truly has a say in the future of the city’s most vulnerable students.

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – A busy stretch of Plantation Road could soon look different as county leaders move forward with a pedestrian safety plan following concerns about crashes and a lack of sidewalks near high-traffic stores. The corridor between Food Lion and Walmart has become one of the region’s...

Brandon Blevins is buying Fork in the Market, taking over the downtown Roanoke restaurant after years as its general manager. Blevins said the previous owners approached him about carrying the business forward while stepping away from day-to-day operations. He does not expect customers to notice major changes right awa

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors appointed Jim Miller as rector Tuesday, less than a week after Gov. Abigail Spanberger removed John Rocovich from the role and the board. Miller will serve as rector, or head, of the governing board of the university for the 2026-27 year beginning on July 1. The 13-member board voted

In Roanoke, Virginia, one entrepreneur’s dream ran into permit rules, taxes, Prohibition-era alcohol rules, and a city order to spend $10,000 on a “historic” dry-cleaning sign.

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)– This year, Angels of Assisi received 30 to 40 more dogs than last year. That, paired with fewer adoptions, has officials sounding the alarm in the community, urging more people to come in prepared to bring home a new family member. “[It’s] definitely an increase in...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - We’ve been discussing it for weeks that we are in a drought. Despite recent rain, we need more and a lot of it. The dry stretch has our bodies of water below normal levels. Carvins Cove, which supplies drinking water for most of the...

This morning, we have experienced some of the coolest temperatures that we will see all week! Thanks to a trough digging into the East Coast and a high-pressure system bringing in a Canadian air mass, we were on the cooler side this morning. We will quickly rebound tomorrow into the 80s as we shift to more seasonal tem

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — On Tuesday, the Roanoke Police Department announced the arrest of one of the men injured in a shooting outside a Northwest convenience store and gas station. Police said on May 26, at approximately 6:16 p.m., officers responded to the 1800 block of Cove Road NW...

TROUTVILLE, Va. (WFXR)- Firefighters from multiple departments battled an early morning house fire in Troutville. The two-story home, located in the 200 block of Sunset Hill Lane, was showing heavy fire when crews arrived on scene at 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2. All of the home’s occupants made it out safely, but are