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Roanoke City Council has opted to change the funding formula for the city school district. Governor Youngkin has signed off on a new two-year state budget that includes 3% raises for state employees and teachers while not raising taxes. A Democratic delegate used time in front of the House yesterday to point towards Governor Youngkin’s priority of removing Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual - spending more than $450,000 to defeat GOP incumbent Bob Good. Total Action for Progress has issued a call for help - via a monthlong Crowdfunding Campaign to raise money for its Domestic Violence services in southwest Virginia. The Virginia Museum of Transportation is hosting the 2nd annual Star City Rockabilly Festival this Friday and Saturday from 5:00 - 9:00 pm. Berglund Center has announced that Old Crow Medicine Show is coming to Elmwood Park on Saturday, August 10th.

Medical regulators have cleared Carilion Clinic after a state report released in February found significant deficiencies in the cleaning of surgical tools at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital between March and September of 2023. Several students at VCU walked out of graduation over the week in protest of Governor Youngkin and the Israel Hamas war. Officials with the Virginia International Raceway have announced the 2024 Blue Ridge Rock Fest has been canceled. FloydFest 24 - Horizon is two months away. The music and outdoors festival is several decades old but it is brand new this July at its relocated home. The 2024 Local Colors Festival will have everything you've come to expect: international cuisine, traditional dances and merchandise. The Roanoke City Sheriff’s Office recently hosted the first of four fundraisers for Special Olympics of Virginia.

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Salem area Congressman Morgan Griffith is criticizing the Biden Administration for halting a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel over concerns that the country has not adequately taken civilian safety into account in its upcoming military operation in Rafah. The Commonwealth’s junior US Senator Tim Kaine says he is pleased to see that certain offensive arms deliveries to Israel have since been paused, and encourages the Biden Administration to continue to be wary of transferring weapons that could be used in offensive military actions that result in significant civilian casualties. A new online hub for resources to assist low-income Virginians facing evictions launched this month amid more and more people losing their homes. The owners of a heavily-scrutinized bed and breakfast in Blacksburg recently filed for bankruptcy.

We have team coverage of protests on college campuses from UVA to VT. Discussion of a ceasefire proposal in front of Roanoke City Council. A traffic note for Vinton. A new puppy store opens at Valley View Mall.

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25 people were arrested at the University of Virginia for trespassing Saturday after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus. Pro-Palestine protesters and Virginia Tech students made their way through Blacksburg yesterday again calling for an end to violence in Gaza. "Hope over Hate," is what many are calling for in the recent clashes being students on college campuses over the war in Gaza, on immigration and racial issues. Roanoke College’s President asked graduates to use their ‘superpowers” and make the world a better place during graduation ceremonies over the weekend. When fall rolls around they'll be playing college football at Roanoke College for the first time in more than 80 years.

Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.

Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.