Roanoke VA

RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has recently received several reliable reports of sporadic deer mortalities consistent with hemorrhagic disease. Hemorrhagic disease (HD), caused by a group of related viruses, often results in annual outbreaks in white-tailed deer in the Southeastern U.S., i

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Three people were hospitalized after fire tore through a home in Roanoke County early Tuesday morning. Roanoke County Fire and Rescue responded to the home on the 10400 block of Fortune Ridge Road on Bent Mountain just after 1:30 a.m. When crews arrived, they...

ROANOKE, Va. – A man was arrested and one person was injured following a shooting incident that occurred in Roanoke on Monday, Roanoke Police Department said. RPD said they responded to the 1300 block of Orange Avenue NW on Monday after receiving reports of a person suffering from a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, they fo

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ROCK HILL — People worldwide have watched in astonishment the videos of flooding, landslides and devastation in Nepal on Aug. 26. Help has come from around the globe, with some on the way from Rock Hill. The city is now the home base for Crisis Response International, a disaster...

Attending medical school – if you’re lucky enough to have the grades and are chosen from an application process where hundreds or thousands of other college graduates may be vying for the same slot – is daunting enough. Then there is paying for four years of Med School. Now money set aside in the state budget has led t

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) - Jennifer Hatch, a seventh grade math teacher at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, uses agriculture projects to teach math concepts in her classroom. Hatch’s classroom includes a hydroponics garden, a weather station and a worm farm. Her students also grow food in raised beds and have participat

On August 30, 1918, four of America's most recognizable figures walked unannounced through the doors of Hotel Roanoke for lunch. Industrialist Henry Ford, inventor Thomas Edison, tire manufacturer Harvey Firestone, and naturalist John Burroughs had been traveling together through the Blue Ridge Mountains since departin

SALEM, Va. (WFXR)- A new mural in downtown Salem celebrates the mountainous setting of Roanoke College. The new mural, measuring 60-feet, is located on the north side of Ayres Hall, at the corner of College Avenue and Clay Street. It was brought to life by local artist Nicole Gray, who spent much of the summer […]

ROANOKE, Va. – Food pantries across Southwest Virginia have spent months absorbing the impact of reduced USDA food distributions. Now, local organizations are stepping up to help fill the gap. St. Francis House Food Pantry in Roanoke has faced a 65% decrease in USDA food distributions this year —...