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Campbell women’s soccer opens season with trip to Virginia Tech, hosting George Mason
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Campbell women's soccer team opens their 2024 regular season this week with a road game at Virginia Tech and a home contest versus George Mason. The Camels are looking to get their first win in a season opener since 2018 (4-1 vs. South Carolina State).
Virginia Tech Hokies News: Women's soccer opener, Men's soccer preseason ranking & more
In this edition of Virginia Tech Hokies News, the women's soccer team will kick off the 2024 season Thursday night, the ACC Men's Soccer Preseason rankings came out and the wrestling team announces their 2024-25 schedule. Women's soccer to begin season Thursday night. It's hard to believe, but here we...
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport receives grant for future improvements
BLACKSBURG, Va. – A $250,000 grant has been awarded to the Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport for future improvements. The airport located in Blacksburg has nearly 14,000 flights annually come through it. As part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program, leaders of the airport they tell us...
Broadcast plan announced for revamped Virginia Tech Sports Network
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech Athletics and Playfly Sports announced today that ESPN Blacksburg will become the new radio home of the Virginia Tech Hokies. The multi-year partnership will bring fans across the New River Valley live broadcasts of Hokie football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball and coaches shows. Additionally, Bill Roth, Mike Burnop, Zach Mackey and Evan Hughes will continue in their respective roles with the Virginia Tech Sports Network.
Robie finalizes 2024-25 schedule
BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech wrestling team finalized their 2024-2025 schedule on Wednesday, August 14, announced head coach Tony Robie. The pre-season No. 9 ranked Hokies will face yet another formidable schedule including duals against perennial powerhouses Missouri and Oklahoma State in addition to entry in the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
From shelter to school: At risk students’ fight for stability
ROANOKE, VA – The night before the first day of school, many parents are packing lunches and tucking their kids into bed. But for over 600 students in Roanoke City, that’s a luxury they don’t have. Stability isn’t a word Christopher Bohmer would use to describe his...
Berglund Center to Bring Modern Rock Heavy-Hitters In This Moment to Roanoke
Berglund Center is excited to bring Grammy nominated, platinum and gold record selling rock group, In This Moment, to Berglund Center on November 9!. With a Grammy nomination (“The In-Between,” 2021), platinum and gold record sales, multiple Top 25 entries on the Billboard Top 200 (“Black Widow” and “Ritual”), hits including “Whore,” “Blood,” and ”Adrenalize” and career streams of more than 1.3 billion, you’d think In This Moment might rest on their laurels. Instead, they’ve created GODMODE, 10 dynamic songs that mark a new high for the quintet, further cementing their legacy in the heavy music world. Proof positive is in GODMODE’s first single, the industrial-heavy yet ultra-melodic “THE PURGE,” and its darkly cinematic video directed by Jensen Noen (Bring Me The Horizon, Demi Lovato). From the portentous start of the ‘90s-tinged “GODMODE” with Maria Brink’s powerful primal scream to the pitch-perfect cover of Bjork’s 1995 “Army of Me” to the impassioned pain to partnership in.
City of Danville Seeking Bids for New $16 Million White Mill Pedestrian Bridge
The City of Danville is seeking proposals from engineering firms who wish to be considered to provide professional engineering services that support the development of the White Mill Pedestrian Bridge. This project involves the repair, restoration, and adaptive reuse of the historic Dan River Fabrics bridge across the Dan River,...
Maurice Vaughan Furniture closing after 48 years, final liquidation sale will start soon
GALAX, Va. (WFXR) — After almost 50 years of serving the community of Galax, Maurice Vaughan Furniture will be closing its doors for the last time after a final liquidation sale in August. Maurice Vaughan has been dedicated and passionate about his business and selling furniture since 1976 and...
Virginia State Police reminds residents of safe driving with more school buses on the road
A number of school districts across Central Virginia are preparing for the big first day back to school for the 2024-2025 school year. With this in mind, Virginia State Police is reminding drivers to be on the lookout for more school buses on the road.
Funding for safety and access projects at Virginia airports
RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Two area airports are getting some money for planning and development projects that aim to enhance the airports’ safety, benefits to the public and access. The Virginia Aviation Board allocated more than $9.5 million for 28 projects at 19 airports across the Commonwealth at...
WRIC NOW: What is the DWR’s role in our fisheries?
Matt DiNardo was joined by Alex McCrickard -- an Aquatic Education Coordinator for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) -- in the WRIC NOW livestreaming studio on Wednesday to talk about the role of DWR in our fisheries.
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