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Virginia lawmakers urge action on behalf of detained lawyer

July 31, 2022 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Thirty Virginia legislators called on the Biden administration Saturday to take action on behalf of Asim Ghafoor, a friend and former lawyer of slain dissident Jamal Khashoggi who's been imprisoned by the United Arab Emirates.

Virginia adds 2 new Amtrak round trips to Washington

July 9, 2022 GMT

New round-trip Amtrak routes will start Monday between Washington and two Virginia cities: Norfolk and Roanoke.

The additions will bring to eight the number of state-funded round trips from the nation's capital, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

Court rejects pipeline’s request for new panel of judges

June 24, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied a request from a company building a natural gas pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia to have a new panel of judges reconsider permits that have been struck down repeatedly .

Mountain Valley Pipeline seeks new panel for challenges

June 6, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A company building a natural gas pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia is seeking a new panel of judges to hear the next round in its legal battle with environmentalists.

Mountain Valley Pipeline filed a motion last month requesting the 4th U.S.

Hiker injured in fall from Virginia cliff dies in hospital

June 1, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A hiker from the Netherlands who fell 50 feet off a cliff just north of the summit of McAfee Knob has died, emergency officials said.

Paul Classen, 23, was sitting at the edge of the cliffs past the knob on Sunday with his feet on a lower rock, said Robyn Urdaibay on the Appalachian Trail Hikers 2022 Facebook page.

Remains of World War II soldier to be buried in Virginia

May 4, 2022 GMT

FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) — The remains of a soldier killed during World War II and identified earlier this year are to be buried in his hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, a news release says.

Mountain Valley Pipeline to seek new permits, boosting cost

May 3, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Mountain Valley Pipeline will seek new permits that courts have rejected twice, increasing the cost for the proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through Virginia and West Virginia and delaying its completion, officials said Tuesday.

Three men indicted for stealing trees from federal land

April 28, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Three men have been indicted after federal prosecutors accused them of stealing walnut trees from federally protected land, officials said.

William Riley Stump, 52, of Narrows, Virginia, and Derrick Anthony Thompson, 48, of Princeton, West Virginia, were arraigned this week in U.S.

Vaccine mandate prompts officials to eye nursing home sale

April 16, 2022 GMT

BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Local officials are citing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers among reasons for selling a county-owned nursing home in southwestern Virginia.

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold a special meeting to consider selling the nursing home.

Police: Man killed wife, mother-in-law, then himself

April 11, 2022 GMT

NORTON, Va. (AP) — A man killed his wife and mother-in-law, before killing himself at a home in western Virginia, state police said.

Norton police received a 911 call from a home on Highland Avenue NW on Sunday just before noon and when officers arrived, they found two women and a man dead, Virginia State Police said in a news release on Monday.

Appeals court won’t revisit panel ruling on pipeline project

April 3, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to revisit a ruling that struck down a key permit for a proposed natural gas pipeline running through Virginia and West Virginia.

Ex-energy company worker gets prison in fraud, tax plea

March 19, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A former employee of an Ohio-based energy company has been sentenced to prison for depositing hundreds of checks intended for his employer and using the money for himself, federal prosecutors said.

Jury awards $523K in Virginia pipeline compensation dispute

March 18, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A jury has ordered a company that’s building a natural gas pipeline to pay about $523,000 to a Virginia family that owns land through which the controversial project will run.

Gas pipeline compensation dispute goes to trial in Virginia

March 15, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The amount of money a company should have to pay the owners of a Virginia property it is building a natural gas pipeline through is being determined in a weeklong jury trial.

Virginia auto dealer sentenced for taking drug-tainted money

March 5, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The owner of a Virginia auto dealership has been placed on home detention for taking $30,000 in drug-tainted cash for a car, officials said.

Friday’s Scores

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Atlantic Shores Christian 41, Portsmouth Christian 24

Blue Ridge Christian 63, Roanoke Valley Christian 59

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Alleghany 49, Frankfort, W.Va. 44

Atlantic Shores Christian 50, Portsmouth Christian 16

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Archbishop Carroll, D.C. 54, Bishop O'Connell 47

Atlantic Shores Christian 65, Portsmouth Christian 14

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Police: Man charged in Virginia shooting at hookah lounge

February 7, 2022 GMT

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A 24-year-old Virginia man has been charged in a shooting at a hookah lounge that left one teen dead and four other people injured over the weekend, authorities said.

Police said officers were called to Melody Hookah Lounge in Blacksburg on Friday night for reports of shots fired.

Virginia State Police investigates fire that kills mom, son

February 5, 2022 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Investigators with Virginia State Police are looking into a house fire which killed a woman and her son last month, a news release said.

Officials in Augusta County were notified early on Jan.

Appeals court throws out another pipeline permit

February 4, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — For the second time in as many weeks a federal appeals court threw out a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Thursday.

In a written opinion, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found “serious errors” with the U.S.

Appeals court throws out government approvals for pipeline

January 25, 2022 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court threw out government approvals for the Mountain Valley Pipeline through Jefferson National Forest for a second time on Tuesday.

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Slain TV reporter, cameraman were budding young journalists

By TAMARA LUSH and JONATHAN DREWAugust 27, 2015 GMT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — They were two young journalists, eager and hungry for a story, fulfilling their dreams of working in TV news.

Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, grew up in the Roanoke, Virginia, area and started their television careers there, becoming local celebrities in the process and finding love along the way.