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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Virginia starts the day under sharp, biting cold across the New River Valley.Frost coats windshields, and the air stings with each breath outside. Early temperatures hover near 10 degrees around Blacksburg,...

ROANOKE, Va. – Update:. The Roanoke County Fire Marshal has determined the cause of the fire on Monday morning to be accidental in nature and caused by electrical activity. The fire originated and was contained to the attic with water damage to the main floor. Officials estimate there is $30,000 in damages.

FRANKLIN CO., Va. – A Franklin County man has been found guilty in the shooting death of a high school teacher at a Gretna convenience store last summer. James Mattox, 52, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Tony Gill, 46, who was killed at Carter’s convenience store and gas station in Gretna.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke Police have released the names of two people found shot to death in a car in Roanoke. Police say the victims have been identified as 37-year-old Jeffrie Lamont Meadows of Wytheville and 35-year-old Khireem Jerome Porter of Radford. About 9:18 a.m. February 8, 2026, police...

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – James Madison diving wrapped up a three-day stay at the Virginia Tech Invitational inside the Christiansburg Aquatic Center on Sunday. The weekend began on Friday with the 3-meter board, the 1-meter board took place on Saturday and platform diving happened on Sunday. 3-Meter Board. Three Dukes...

Where do the Hokies land in the ACC standings after their 82-73 loss to NC State?

BLACKSBURG, Va. – For many athletes, ACL-related injuries can put them out of a sport for long periods of time. Olympian Lindsey Vonn isn’t letting that happen - but how?. Vonn crashed while training for the 2026 Winter Olympics on Jan. 30 and ruptured her ACL. Robin Queen, a Virginia Tech professor of biomedical...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1867, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, the author of the beloved Little House series, was born. The basic facts of her life correspond to those related in her books about her family’s experiences on the American frontier during the 1870s and 1880s. Gray Media,...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Dozens showed up to a joint question-and-answer forum in Roanoke Saturday morning to voice concerns over water usage at the potential Google data center in Botetourt County, but many said they still left feeling dissatisfied. “I feel like ecology did not come up nearly as often from the water...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - One person was injured in an auto collision Sunday, February 8, 2026 in Bedford County, according to the Bedford Fire Department. At 3:12 p.m., units were dispatched to the intersection of Moneta Rd. and Fox River Rd. Crews arrived to see two vehicles with heavy damage and both lanes of...