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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke City has enacted new zoning restrictions on vape and tobacco stores, and Virginia’s Attorney General is backing a new state law giving his office more power to hold businesses accountable for illegal sales. The moves come as local and state leaders say it is...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WDBJ) - Trailing 3-0 in the top 7th, the Salem Ridgeyaks starting swinging a big stick, and came out with an 8-4 win in 10 innings over the Columbia Fireflies. Ilan Fernandez had two homeruns for Salem (36-50). The first in the 7th inning, a solo HR that left Segra Park to get Salem on the board. Needin

Plus: The recycling stream is flowing a bit faster in Montgomery County The post New River Valley Field Notes: $1 annual lease to be considered for incubator filling Blacksburg’s former Cook’s Cleaners building appeared first on Cardinal News .

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - The largest free-entry fair in the country, the Salem Fair is now over. Last year, organizers said weather made it difficult, and this year, it’s the same story. From extreme heat advisories to storms and showers, weather struck again to close out the 38th annual...

Virginia is currently the data center capital of the world, but advocates say the industry’s massive resource consumption is outstripping current safeguards. With 371 data centers operating and more than 400 planned, the Commonwealth now holds more data centers than the country of China. Tim Cywinski, communications di

All lanes of Franklin Road are now open to traffic, according to the Roanoke County Police Department. All northbound lanes of Franklin Road at the intersection of Buck Mountain Road are closed due to a tractor-trailer crash. Drivers are asked to avoid this area if they can and find an alternate route.

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – A dog died in a house fire in Bedford County on Saturday afternoon, according to the Forest Fire Department. At approximately 1:51 p.m., crews responded to a working fire on Goode Road and arrived to find smoke spilling from all sides of the roof. Firefighters located the fire in a room, extending

Brittany Mills, a mother of two from Rocky Mount, earned her high school diploma at Roanoke's Excel Center 19 years after leaving school. Next, she plans to tackle community college. The post Virginia’s first adult high school celebrates its first graduate appeared first on Cardinal News .

When you find yourself seriously hungry and just can’t seem to decide on one thing to eat, a good buffet is obviously where you go. Virginia knows this game well, especially when a place earns the kind of loyalty that makes repeat visits feel less like dining out and more like keeping an important appointment.

James Franklin was fired for the first time in his career in October 2025. Having studied his downfall, the Virginia Tech head coach has pointed out mistakes he made at Penn State that he would not repeat in Blacksburg. “One of the things that I think that I had really done a pretty good job of at Vanderbilt and at Pen