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

Members of the Roanoke City Planning Commission have advanced the Evans Spring Master Plan. Members in the House of Delegates yesterday passed legislation that calls for the legalization of Skill Games. Democratic State Senate Finance Chair Louise Lucas now says she opposes the northern Virginia Potomac Yard arena and entertainment development plan and believes it is risky. US Senator Mark Warner says the foreign aid package being voted on this week could send a reaffirming signal to US allies. Swimming, biking, and running-- all indoors. That's the unique spin the Kirk Family YMCA has on their indoor Triathlon being held on February 25th. Former Cave Spring High School and Duke basketball star JJ Reddick will join the NBA Finals broadcast team on ESPN this spring.

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.

Gun rights advocates including the Virginia Citizens Defense League say they still believe a Roanoke City gun ordinance, we’ve been telling you about, is unconstitutional, even after the City Council amended it on Tuesday.

Residents are continuing to speak out against plans to develop the Evans Spring area of Northwest Roanoke.

With a 100 billion dollar-plus bill that contained at least 18 billion for border security dead at this point, a Virginia U.S. Senator says he has been through this scenario before.

Bedford County officials have announced the “Alert Bedford” emergency notification system. Through the new system, residents will be updated on any emergency or change with community services.

The Montgomery County School Board has selected Roanoke-based law firm Gentry Locke, to conduct a third-party review of events leading up to a murder-suicide in November that claimed the lives of Blacksburg High School students Serenity Hawley and her ex-boyfriend Croney Monk.

With a deal to secure the US-Mexico border hanging in the balance, a UVA political expert believes Republicans want the deal to fall apart.

Members of Roanoke City Council are weighing whether or not to install ticketing cameras in school zones to catch speeders.

A lawmaker shares scrapbook images with the General Assembly, which he says paint the picture of a different Virginia than we know today.

A recent map indicates that respiratory viruses are at the "high" level in Virginia, but the local health district director says the trend is downward. She also says this is not the time to let our guard down.

Even before the public hearings scheduled next Monday and on the 20th over the Evans Spring development plan, there were a few fireworks at yesterday's City Council meeting.

A ban on assault firearms and certain ammunition has passed the House of Delegates. House Bill No. 2, as written, would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm.

Those against bringing skill games back to Virginia say lawmakers aren’t considering the impact these machines have on children.

A nonprofit is working with a local school to benefit a disabled veteran and boccia (bah-chee) ball athlete.

Some young people are calling on Roanoke City leaders to rethink plans to develop land in the Evans Spring area. Court documents indicate the deaths of 57-year-old Anthony Sweeney and 53-year-old Nikki Sweeney at a home in Roanoke County this past Wednesday were likely the result of a murder-suicide. Area gun rights activists are suing Roanoke City claiming a city gun law risks their safety. The RAM House has reached the halfway mark to its goal of more than 4 million dollars. The Fincastle Fire Department says a large brush fire in the 11 thousand block of Craig Creek Road was brought under control.

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