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New gas station approved at Roanoke City Council meeting
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Roanoke City Council has approved an update to a new residential unit coming to Orange Avenue. A new gas station is set to open on Orange Avenue after the Roanoke City Council unanimously approved an update to the proposal. Over a year ago, the council...
Whooping Cough creeping its way through Roanoke again
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The highly contagious illness known as Pertussis (Whooping Cough) is present in Roanoke. Although the symptoms are milder in older children and adults, the same thing can’t be said about younger children, and as they get ready to go back to school, it is encouraged they get immunized before it can potentially spread through the hallways.
At Roanoke's Historically Black Old Lick Cemetery, New Caretakers Confront Old Sins
In recent years, a group of churchgoers has been tending to the cemetery, a "gaping wound" of Roanoke's urban renewal history. On a hot Saturday morning, across parched grassland, Madame Curie sniffs for graves. Curie, a six-year-old Australian shepherd, scours a sloping hillside in Old Lick Cemetery, a historically Black...
Hope Center expands to new building, amplifying community impact
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Marking a major milestone, the Hope Center is celebrating its move into a new building. For nearly a decade, the Hope Center has served the residents in Northwest Roanoke with only one room. Now, with the new facility, they have 10 rooms. In 2015, Executive Director...
Supporters flock to Trump Town, driving sales sky high
BOONES MILL, Va. – Trump Town, a Trump merchandise store in Boones Mill, is seeing a business boom following the shooting. The owner tells us that even since Saturday afternoon when the news broke, they’ve been packed. They stayed open until nearly midnight on Saturday, so everyone who...
Wasena Bridge project enters new phase
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — A new phase in the Wasena Bridge Replacement began Monday. Pile driving sets the underground foundation for the new bridge, according to the City of Roanoke. The city warns it might be noisy for three to four months. “Some piledriving, some deconstruction sounds have come...
Interstate 81 to Be Widened to 3 Lanes in Both Directions in Roanoke County
Design is underway with construction expected to begin in fall 2025 The Commonwealth Transportation Board at its July 16 meeting in Richmond awarded a design-build contract valued at $361.6 million to Branch Civil Inc. of Roanoke to widen northbound and southbound Interstate 81 to three lanes between exit 143 in Roanoke County and exit 150 […]
Calm Source to expand addiction recovery services to Roanoke area
DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - A mental health agency in Danville is expanding to another location. Calm Source launched in Danville in 2015. It is now opening its doors in Salem, so even more people who are struggling can walk through them to get the help they need. Leon Zimmerman, Calm...
New Downtown Roanoke mural highlights talents of local teen
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A Northside High School rising senior, Elena Morales, is now able to see her artwork four stories tall in Downtown Roanoke after being chosen for the Western Virginia Water Authority’s 20th Anniversary Mural Contest. Morales’s creation is on the west side of the Authority’s Administrative...
VDH Adds Meherrin, Roanoke Rivers to recreational water, fish consumption advisories
RICHMOND – The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is extending its recreational water advisory and its fish consumption advisory to include the Meherrin and Roanoke rivers. For the safety of people and pets, VDH is advising that recreational water activities, such as swimming, wading, tubing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating should be avoided. Additionally, VDH recommends not consuming any fish taken from these waterways effective Saturday, July 6 until further notice.
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