Rising food costs impacting local restaurants
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Taking the family out for dinner is a treat—but that treat is getting more expensive as food prices rise, and restaurant owners say they’re still dealing with higher costs on multiple fronts. One Roanoke diner said going out is still worth it, as long...
A Missed Crosswalk. A Fast Car. A Death. This Is What Traffic Violence Looks...
Gary Wayne St. Clair, 63, crossed Campbell Avenue on a Thursday night in May. The driver stayed. The road stayed. Nine days later, only St. Clair was gone. Just after 10 p.m. on a Thursday night in May, Gary Wayne St. Clair tried to cross Campbell Avenue in southeast Roanoke. Nine days later, he passed away.
New School Board Members for Roanoke City
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.
Top 1% most dangerous in Virginia: Roanoke Co. plans upgrade for Plantation Road
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...
Fork in the Market changes hands as longtime manager becomes owner
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
Virginia Tech board elects Miller as new rector
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
The Cigar Lounge That Bureaucracy Almost Killed
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.
Angels of Assisi reports a decline in dog adoptions, encouraging you to find your...
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...
Business owners discuss the impacts of low water levels at Smith Mountain Lake
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...
Cool & Stormy Tuesday, Hot Later This Week!
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
