Cold temperatures expected to create icy roads overnight and into Friday SALEM – With light snow in the forecast for portions of western Virginia, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is advising drivers to travel with extra caution today as snow may cover roads in some areas. Pavement temperatures are above freezing, […]
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE…Today and tonight. Light snow accumulations today may impact travel. Accumulations are expected to be less than 1 inch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Friday through Wednesday. Patches of residual refrozen […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Retail giant Amazon is planning to open a new warehouse and delivery center in Virginia. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that Amazon is planning a new facility in Prince George County that will create up to 150 new jobs. Amazon has built several warehouses in Virginia […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Miami and Virginia Tech played 15 extra minutes of basketball Wednesday night. For the ‘Canes, the effort was certainly worth it. Kameron McGusty scored five of his 21 points in the third overtime to lead Miami to a 102-95 triple-overtime victory over the Hokies in the […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia appears to finally have found some answers to its season-long search for offensive weapons, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Braxton Key and Kihei Clark scored 17 points each, Tomas Woldetensae and Jayy Huff added 14 apiece and Mamadi Diakite had 10 […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital on Wednesday, two days after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Roush Fenway Racing released a photo of Newman leaving a Daytona Beach hospital holding the hands of his two young daughters. The […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The young woman who walked into an emergency room in Milwaukee began her journey about 12 hours earlier, at a Chicago-area hospital, more than 90 miles away. She had been raped, but there was no one trained to do a forensic examination at the first hospital […]
A “Family Fun Festival” will be held at New River Community College in Dublin on Saturday, Feb. 29, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Family Fun Festival will include a variety of activities for adults and children. Children’s activities will include face painting, balloon art, a bouncy house, a […]
For the second consecutive season both teams had superb years, but Patrick Henry once again got the trophy Tuesday evening in Roanoke, besting the Cougars, 65-52 for the River Ridge girls basketball title. The Cougars girls had defeated the Patriots in two titanic struggles during the season, winning […]
Pulaski County senior guard Hayden Gray, the leading scorer for the boys basketball team this season, was named to the first team All- River Ridge District team last evening. The Cougars open district play at top seed Halifax in South Boston Friday. A.J. McCloud was named to the […]
Pulaski County senior point guard Maddie Ratcliff was named last evening as the Co-Player of the Year in girls River Ridge District basketball. Ratcliff led her Cougar team, averaging over 14 points per game, and leading in assists as well. She was an All-RRD player as a junior. […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a single thrilling lap around NASCAR’s most storied track, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman displayed the risks and rewards of the dangerous sport they both love. Hamlin won his second consecutive Daytona 500 and third in five years on Monday night as he surged […]