Roanoke VA

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A sweet way to make a big difference: Thursday was Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen. For every blizzard purchased, one dollar is donated to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to improve the lives of children in their care. One Roanoke hospital, Carilion Clinic, said that...

MONTGOMERY CO., Va. – While the call to care for others is seemingly innate in many medical professionals, a local nurse at LewisGale Montgomery Hospital is willing to give the ultimate gift, an organ donation from her own body, when one of her co-workers became a patient. Organ donation...

ROANOKE, Va. – The newly renovated Norwich Recreation Center officially reopened this week, now serving as the dedicated hub for Roanoke’s Youth and Gang Violence Prevention Unit. The project also included the remodeling of an adjacent Quonset hut, which will house the “Champions of Change Boxing” program. Both...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- Drivers can traveling northbound on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County can expect delays. The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a vehicle crash at mile marker 159.9. As of 11:55 a.m. on Friday, August 1, the north left shoulder and left lane are closed. Traffic is backed...

For one cancer survivor from Palmyra, contra dancing and its community is nothing short of an elixir. Over two hundred people fill the floor at the Grandin Court Baptist Church in Roanoke to participate in a contra dance weekend. The caller's voice rings out: ♪ “Long lines go forward and...

Free admission, family fun, and old-fashioned summer magic. The Bedford County Fair returns to Liberty Lake Park on Friday, August 22nd through Sunday, August 24th, 2025. Thanks to generous community support and local sponsors, admission is completely free—so families can focus onwhat really matters: creating...

More clouds move through with showers and storms. Variably cloudy today with scattered showers and storms.

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Sheriff Antonio Hash and community leaders unveiled Roanoke’s first community resource and unified reintegration center. It’s a major step toward addressing reentry challenges for individuals leaving incarceration, according to Hash. “We talk about how rich Roanoke city is with resources, yet we...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Officials in Roanoke celebrated the opening of the Melrose Plaza with the unveiling of a history wall. According to event organizers, the wall was created to pay tribute to those whose past shall not be forgotten and to represent living legends whose legacies shaped Roanoke. They said its...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - “These animals are dangerous, aggressive. They do not belong in a residential neighborhood.”. Wolf dogs, they sound lie something you’d find in the Australian outback, but several call the city of Roanoke home. Thomas Blanding owns THE dogs, and his neighbors in the Beyerle...