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On the morning of August 26, 2015, news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, were fatally shot while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta. They were interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director of the local chamber ...
Roanoke ( / ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia– North Carolina border and 250 miles ...
Fallon. Fallon is located in east, central Roanoke and is bound by the Norfolk Southern right-of-way, 13th Street, Dale Avenue and the town of Vinton. [13] The majority of the structures standing within the neighborhood date from Roanoke's emergence as a railroad center between 1890 and 1950. [4] Franklin-Colonial.
David Allen Bowers (born May 11, 1952) is an American politician who served as mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, for a first term from 1992 to 2000 and then for a second term from 2008 to 2016. Biography. Bowers previously served as mayor of the city from 1992 to 2000. A Democrat, he was elected mayor after serving on the city council.
WSET-TV. / 37.31528°N 79.63472°W / 37.31528; -79.63472. WSET-TV (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Roanoke –Lynchburg market. The station is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and has studios on Langhorne Road in Lynchburg; its transmitter is ...
Map of Virginia. Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places: . As of September 18, 2017, there are 3,027 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 95 Virginia counties and 37 of the 38 independent cities, including 120 National Historic Landmarks and National Historic Landmark Districts, four ...
Downtown is the central business district of Roanoke, Virginia, United States.Developed after the completion of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in 1882, the Downtown core forms the geographic center of the city and the center of business for the Roanoke Valley and Southwest Virginia, the Roanoke City Market, the Roanoke Downtown Historic District and many other attractions and amenities.
This is a list of area codes in the Commonwealth of Virginia . 276 — Southwest corner of the state including Bristol, Galax, Martinsville, and Wytheville (September 1, 2001 as split from 540). 434 — South central area including Charlottesville and Lynchburg (June 1, 2001 as split from 804). 540/826 — Central and North including ...