Roanoke VA

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WSET) — A $14 million hotel project is moving forward in Rocky Mount, with town leaders hoping the development will attract more visitors and boost the local economy. The new Hampton by Hilton is planned for North Main Street, with construction expected to begin in November....

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — People in the Roanoke area rallied Wednesday at the corner of Grandin Road and Memorial Avenue, calling for a pause on future data center projects and more transparency from leaders making development decisions. Protesters said they are concerned about the rapid growth of data centers...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — If one Dolly Parton is fabulous, imagine five! The Town of Rocky Mount is embracing the Halloween spirit with its eighth annual scarecrow competition, and this year, the country music legend is a clear favorite. A total of 54 scarecrows are on display around...

HARDY, Va. (WFXR) — Water levels are rising at Smith Mountain Lake, though the lake still remains about four feet below full pond. Full pond is is the normal maxium sustainable height of the water. Measurements on the morning of October 21 show levels at 791 feet above sea level. That is an increase over […]

VINTON, Va. (WDBJ) - By October 30, the Town of Vinton says, new traffic calming measures will go in at the intersection of Cleveland Ave. and Poplar St. to curb a high number of speeders. Town officials published their results of a six-day traffic study last Wednesday, finding almost 70%...

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) — Penny Blue has spent months pushing for a second exit and a new bridge on Diamond Avenue in Rocky Mount. “If someone has a heart attack, if someone has a stroke, seconds count,” said Penny Blue, PAC chair for the Franklin County NAACP. “If someone’s house is on fire, seconds count.”

More than 300 homes are proposed for a portion of the historic Fotheringay property. The post Procedural mistake brings another opportunity to weigh in on development that would change Elliston appeared first on Cardinal News .

After two-plus years of construction the 80-million dollar Roanoke County Career and Technology Center on Peters Creek Road cut the ribbon today on its 120-thousand square foot building on Peters Creek Road, the new home for County high school students who want to learn a trade before they graduate. It will replace the outdated and now undersized Burton Center. Several businesses with local connections to the valley – including Advance Auto, Virginia Credit Union and Steel Dynamics – donated six

A failed proficiency test at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science's Western Laboratory in Roanoke has led to a review of more than 2,600 firearm comparison cases, VPM News reported. The agency has told local prosecutors and law enforcement that 2,173 cases handled by one former examiner, and 497 handled...

Del. Sam Rasoul took the bar exam in July and discovered he had passed in October, after quietly working to get his law degree. The post Rasoul joins Fishwick’s Roanoke law firm as an associate attorney appeared first on Cardinal News .