Here is the latest from around the Roanoke Valley.

Here is the latest from around the Roanoke Valley.

Firefighters are continuing to battle the Matt’s Creek wildfire which is causing some hazardous health conditions.

The latest Roanoke and Virginia news.

Prosecutors say a California man, who supplied as many as 30,000 pressed fentanyl pills a week to individuals who shipped the pills to Southwest Virginia, pled guilty yesterday to a pair of federal drug charges. Roanoke Pastor Tom McCracken tells WFIR News he has received an apology from Roanoke City Councilman Luke Priddy, who accused McCracken of touching a 15-year-old girl during a county school board meeting in August. Slowly but surely the 9th Street industrial park is being cleaned up, the first step in a long-term redevelopment project that could create a unique village of sorts in Southeast Roanoke. Work is just getting underway for the latest step in efforts to eventually create a continued Roanoke River Greenway from Explore Park to Montgomery County. As party leadership positions are announced, a former Governor of Virginia is discussing whether the criminal past of the incoming speaker of the House of Delegates should matter. The NCAA has rejected JMU football’s latest request to become bowl eligible.

Bedford County School officials say Big Island Elementary School will be closed today due to air quality concerns related to the ongoing Matts Creek wildfire. Saying Congress has “done nothing on any guardrails” on social media and technology - Virginia’s Senior U.S. Senator warns that several countries are planning to interfere in the 2024 elections. One of those who has proposed to redevelop the former Holdren's Country Store property in Vinton - at one time a 19th-century grain mill - says they will be ready to move forward once agreements signed this afternoon at a special Town Council meeting are completed. One major project has a mission of restoration to create a ripple effect across all of Roanoke. As his second week in office comes to a close, Roanoke’s new chief of police is discussing areas of the department that need to be addressed.

Latest Virginia and Roanoke news.

With increased fire danger in western North Carolina and southwest Virginia, the Blue Ridge Parkway is temporarily banning backcountry campfires effective immediately. A former Virginia Republican governor says this week's election results suggest President Biden has a good chance of carrying the state in next year's elections. As the Virginia General Assembly election post-mortem continues, the Commonwealth's junior U.S. Senator offers his take on what led to Democrats holding the State Senate - and flipping the House of Delegates. The contentious debate over a new FBI headquarters is intensifying after Director Christopher Wray said he's concerned about a "potential conflict of interest" in the site selection. A teen found dead near the Virginia Tech campus is being remembered by her family friends.