Roanoke VA

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Fire crews battled another fire on Monday morning in Roanoke County. Shortly after responding to the fire that occurred off Yellow Mountain Road, the same companies were alerted to respond to the 7200 block of Woods Crossing Drive for reports of a structure fire at 3:42 a.m., firefighters...

Addiction recovery is not confined to a single moment or setting; it begins far beyond the walls of emergency rooms. In the Roanoke region, recovery continues in the critical moments that follow — when individuals leave treatment centers, navigate next steps, or search for ongoing support in systems that often don’t...

SALEM, Va. (WFXR) – Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia and the United Steelworkers’ Local Union 1023 reached an agreement on Friday to permanently close the facility on March 18th. In exchange, employees will be paid through the end of March. “The City of Salem is actively engaged as a partner with Yokohama, along...

BOTETOURT CO., Va. – Construction is under way on Rocky Forge, which Apex Clean Energy describes as Virginia’s first large land-based wind project. Apex says the project will include 13 turbines, each rated at more than 6 megawatts, for a total nameplate capacity of about 78 megawatts, and that annual production...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is set to honor the March 7, 1965 march for voting rights with a service on Sat., March 7 at 1 p.m. The local SCLC says the commemoration will remember the peaceful march that started in Selma, Al. and “the violent […]

CAVE SPRING, Va. – Four people have been diplaced and a cat is missing following a structure fire that occurred in Cave Spring on Monday, Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department said. RCFRD said they responded to the 7200 block of Woods Crossing Drive around 3:42 a.m. after receiving...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Center in the Square, a downtown Roanoke nonprofit that opened Dec. 9, 1983, is undergoing significant changes more than 40 years after its founding, including the departure of one of its original tenants and plans to add a rooftop observation wheel. Center in the Square was...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Blacksburg, VA – Upslope snow will continue across the central Appalachians today, bringing accumulating snowfall and hazardous travel to portions of southwest Virginia and southeast West Virginia,...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released a mapping application featuring new, preliminary flood maps for the Roanoke County region, according to a county spokesperson. Roanoke County residents are encouraged to review the updated maps to identify any changes affecting...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – A former captain in Franklin County’s Department of Public Safety has filed a federal lawsuit alleging sex-based discrimination, harassment and retaliation within the department. Rena Clark Jennings, who previously served as captain of operations, filed the 22-page complaint in federal court...