Roanoke VA

Blacksburg, Va– This weekend in Blacksburg will be cloudy with light rain and persistent patchy fog. This will keep the roads wet and visibility low through Sunday. Sometimes it might drizzle, which could slow down travel, especially in the mornings. On Monday, it will be warmer and sunnier, which will be a short...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – On July 28th, Tony Gill was shot and killed in Gretna, leaving Franklin County in shock as to how something so tragic could’ve happened to a man so beloved. Gill was many things in life: a husband, father, coach, educator and mentor. Mention his...

Heavy rain pummeled parts of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina on Friday as storms trekked south.

BLACKSBURG, VA (Virginia Farm Bureau) — Man’s best friend has a new job: Sniffing out an invasive pest threatening crops and ecosystems. Spotted lanternflies continue to spread across Virginia. And as experts seek ways to track and control their populations, a new Virginia Tech study found that trained citizen...

Variably cloudy today with scattered showers and storms.

ROANOKE, Va. – Cooler, less humid air is in the forecast this weekend! Temperatures will fall into the upper 70s to near 80 with the humidity so much lower than it has been lately. However, Saturday will still be mostly cloudy with a couple of showers possible. The best chance for these stray showers will lie in the...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Today will see mostly cloudy skies as high pressure settles in over the northeast. Temperatures will be on the cooler side with highs in the 70s across the region. A few spotty showers cannot be ruled out over the western portion of the area, but most of us will stay dry. Clouds […]

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - On this day, 105 years ago in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke. She later moved to Halifax County. After a diagnosis of cervical cancer in 1951, her cells were taken by doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital without her permission, which was common practice at the time but still brings up...

Virginia’s annual three-day sales tax holiday kicked off early Friday morning, offering shoppers in Roanoke, and across the state, a break on items ranging from classroom essentials to emergency preparedness gear. – Back-to-school shopping just got a little more affordable for families across the Commonwealth....

Clouds and scattered showers will linger into the evening with localized downpours as a front slowly moves south of the region. However, the heavy rain threat still remains. Due to heavy bands of rain looking more likely through this afternoon and evening, some localized flooding is a concern. A flood watch has been...