Roanoke VA

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City Council announced Monday that it had accepted and appropriated the $2,951,158 Safer Communities grant from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. The grant provides funds for holistic, community-based strategies for addressing the root causes of community violence. Roanoke is

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Junius B. Fishburn helped to shape Roanoke through banking, publishing and philanthropy more than a century ago. Now, a new documentary will bring the story of his influence to the theatre. “Where would the city be today and what would it look like if it were not for J.B. Fishburn?” is […]

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – Governor Spanberger announced a $1 million Appalachian Regional Commission Grant to support the renovation of the historic 1906 Cambria Train Depot in Christiansburg, according to the New River Valley Regional Commission. Renovation of the depot will provide a reliable, safe, climate-controlled st

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke Dental practice Park Dental recently learned of a data security incident involving unauthorized remote access to a workstation and associated office email account. The practice released the following statement:. Roanoke dental practice Park Dental recently learned of a data security incident invo

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) — Cathy Stanley has used the same phone service for 66 years. She said she has always been able to rely on her landline. Stanley is one of hundreds of Virginia households who received a letter from Verizon this summer stating the company is retiring its copper lines effective Oct. 23. For man

Two Salem Fire-EMS employees have been placed on administrative leave while the department investigates an off-duty incident in which a mother says her son was called a racial slur by two men driving a truck with Salem firefighter license plates on Interstate 81. Nanette Ugalde and her son, Lorenzo Dean,...

Police release name of man arrested and charged after a motorcycle chase that put an officer in the hospital.

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Daily rain chances will continue over the first half of this week with decent rain totals possible. Showers and storms this evening will fade past sunset with mild overnight conditions as lows fall into the 60s. Monday will stay warm and muggy as highs return into the 80s.   A frontal […]

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Melrose Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church hosted a free community health fair Sunday. Neighbors connected with local resources and picked up free food and clothes. Pastor says relationships matter. Charles Brooks is the pastor of the Melrose Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He has lived

A Roanoke nonprofit that’s been serving unhoused people for 55 years is moving to a new location. In doing so, Roanoke Area Ministries is reinventing how it addresses homelessness. Roanoke Area Ministries was founded in 1971, and for the last 40 years it’s has been feeding and clothing unhoused...