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As the United States mulls its response to the first deaths of US troops in the region since the start of the Israeli-Hamas conflict, a Virginia Tech professor who also researches new policies for conflict resolution, says restraint may be the order of the day.

Roanoke City officials are concerned with the number of drivers cited in school zones during a recent week-long initiative.

15 protestors gathered yesterday at Wells Fargo Bank in Blacksburg and demanded the bank pull funding from the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. Protestors say they don’t want to see the pipeline impact the Appalachian Trail and other natural wonders.

Sticking with energy -- Liquified Natural Gas - or LNG - has an uncertain future in the United States.

Virginia's First Lady Suzanne Youngkin will be in Roanoke this morning along with Attorney General Jason Miyares, to unveil a Fentanyl Awareness Pilot Program and a new website, "It Only Takes One V-A dot-com."

A man whose evidence showed inflicted a fatal brain injury on a 4-year-old girl entered a no-contest plea to second-degree murder in a rare Sunday hearing in Roanoke Circuit Court.

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the Roe v Wade decision last June, analysts say abortion will still play a big role in this year's presidential election.

Roanoke Catholic School is undergoing some leadership changes. The school announced a search for a new Head of School and Associate Head of School is underway.

Builder Alexander Boone said A Boone Real Estate Inc. has contracted to buy the Poage Farm in Roanoke County and plans to develop it.

Carilion Clinic today announced plans to launch an adult kidney transplant program at its Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Cannabis Team Coverage -- The latest as Virginia's General Assembly attempts to set up a retail marijuana marketplace. While Roanoke College launches a first in the commonwealth -- cannabis studies program.

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is searching for whoever left a dog inside a porta potty in Jaycee Park.

Three Nelson County middle school students were sent home with illness Wednesday after consuming freeze-dried Skittles that, authorities say, were not in their original packaging.

The weather is warming up - but tonight it’s getting HOT with a “Hot Ones” style competition in downtown Roanoke.

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

The Pulaski Police Department is warning parents about an increase in children being sexually exploited online and sextortion cases in the community.

A former instructional assistant at Salem’s Andrew Lewis Middle School has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a child.

A bill introduced in the General Assembly is looking to make it a crime to sell and posses assault weapons.

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dropped out - the Republican Presidential Primary is down to two. WFIR Political Analyst Bob Denton says former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley needs to beat former President Donald Trump by about 5-percentage-points today in New Hampshire to still be in the race when South Carolina has its primary in a month.

The founder of Help Save the Next Girl says her late daughter Morgan Dana Harrington would be "Flabbergasted," to see what family and friends have done on her behalf since she was murdered in 2009. One prime example is the annual "Docs for Morgan," basketball game tomorrow night.

The Giles County Sheriff’s Office says a 14-year-old is dead after a shooting at a home on Friday.

Three people were injured during a shooting at Status Restaurant & Lounge located at the intersection of Williamson Rd and Kirk Ave in downtown Roanoke.

A bill progressing in the General Assembly would make it illegal to buy a gun without a permit. Gun rights groups say that violates the constitution.

A Blacksburg non-profit recently announced they have helped abolish medical debt owed by some residents in Southwest Virginia.

A diverse group of young professionals from the Greater Roanoke Region have signed on to become spokespersons about all the good reasons they live here, and why others should too.

A small commuter plane operated by Southern Airways Express that had just taken off from Washington Dulles Airport had to land on a nearby roadway in Loudon County around 1-pm Friday.

Latest Roanoke Valley and Virginia News.

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.