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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Virginia — Frost clings to rooftops and quiet streets as day breaks across the New River Valley. Breath hangs in the air. Thermometers sit right at 32 degrees, enough to remind everyone winter still has a...

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) - A CTE Center, E911 Dispatch Center, and Public Safety offices will be built at 260 Weaver Street, according to Franklin County officials. Officials say the Rocky Mount Town Council approved a Special Exception Permit to allow Franklin County to build these facilities. The town and...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Two people were injured in a house fire in northwest Roanoke Tuesday, according to Roanoke Fire-EMS. The late morning fire was in the area of Cedarhurst and Grandview NW, just east of Valley View Mall. The injured people were taken to a hospital for treatment; no...

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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A longtime community center in Southeast Roanoke is being torn down and replaced with a new resource center, marking a significant change for a neighborhood that residents say has struggled with abandoned buildings and empty lots. The Presbyterian Community Center at the intersection of Jamison...

UNION HALL, Va. (WDBJ) - A Franklin County supervisor is speaking out after he was censured by his colleagues back in November. Union Hall Supervisor Dan Quinn has gone public about the events that led to this. WDBJ7 spoke with Quinn on Monday about the situation. He was formerly censured...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — One person was taken to the hospital, and six people and seven dogs have been displaced following a house fire on Monday in Catawba, according to firefighters. Roanoke County firefighters responded to the 6100 block of Newport Rd. for reports of a residential structure...

Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger announced Monday that she had appointed Brad Creasy as Executive Director of the Virginia Department of Fire Programs. Creasy began his career with the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department before becoming a career firefighter with the Roanoke Fire and EMS Department. The Statement from...

ROANOKE, Va. – Keith Clinton, co-owner of R.T. Smith’s Deli, has owned his downtown deli with his wife for 15 years. Over that time, he has witnessed many changes in the downtown business scene. “So there’s a lot of habitually empty storefronts,” Clinton said. Longtime businesses...

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke’s Diversity Center recently had to lay off its staff, including Bernard Alvarez, who has been with the organization since its beginning. This difficult decision came as Virginia’s new governor prepares to appoint a new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Bernard Alvarez,...