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Send photos, videos and weather reports
We enjoy your photos and videos during any kind of weather, but your reports are invaluable during severe weather events.
Your weather report could be helping us relay specific storm information to an extremely large audience, often getting those in...Tags: Science and Technology, Social Media, Weather Reports, Science, Weather
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Successful launch from Wallops Island opens new gateway to space
ReporterA successful launch from a NASA spaceport in eastern Virginia is a pivotal moment for Virginia and the commercial space industry. The unmanned rocket blasted off from Wallops Island Sunday afternoon. With the test flight, Orbital Sciences Corporation...Tags: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Science and Technology, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), NASA, Space Programs
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A new film festival is heading to Roanoke
ReporterRoanoke, Va A new film festival is on its way to Roanoke this weekend. A grant is helping to fund the three day event at the Grandin Theatre. There will be screenings of films from across the county and even some from here locally. Academy Award...Tags: Entertainment, Movies
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Graphic campaign ad causes stir
ReporterWith the election less than a month away, candidates are ramping up the ads. Many of you are tired of seeing them. But there's a new one that's highly controversially that stations like WDBJ7 will have to play. Independent Presidential candidate...Tags: Samuel L. Jackson, Elections, Racism, Planned Parenthood, Politics
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Happy Homecoming for Army Reservists from Roanoke
ReporterIt was a happy homecoming at the Roanoke Regional Airport Tuesday as more than a dozen families welcomed home troops from Afghanistan. It was full of cheers, tears, and hugs. "My hands started shaking. Oh excuse me. All our hearts started beating. ... -
Former Pittsylvania County woman wins big on Wheel
WDBJ7 ReporterShe asked for big money and she got it. Monday night a woman with ties to Southern Virgina made her national debut on Wheel of Fortune. Lindsay Bowman lives in Nashville now but she was born and raised in Pittsylvania County. Her parents, family and...Tags: Pittsylvania County
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Effort to curb drunk driving targets first-time offenders
ReporterLegislation that would require first time DUI offenders to use ignition interlock devices on their cars is moving forward in the General Assembly, but the bill is also drawing strong opposition. With the ignition interlock device installed in the...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Roanoke County teacher is a finalist for McGlothlin Award for Teacher Excellence.
REPORTERKate Lear says it's an honor just to be nominated. But winning the $25,000.00 McGlothlin Award for Teacher Excellence would be a nice pay day. Lear is one of three finalists for the prestigious award. Nominees come from Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee...Tags: Roanoke County
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Roanoke County students voyage to Antarctic thanks to Skype
reporterSome Roanoke County kids voyaged to the South Pole Monday, but they didn't have to pack their bags and bring their passports. The trip took place from the comfort of their classroom at Herman L. Horn Elementary. About 75-students took part with in a... -
Aung San Suu Kyi holds live Skype interview with Virginia Tech students
ReporterFirst two Hollywood actors, now a Nobel Peace Prize-winning heroine. From half a world away,Aung San Suu Kyi spoke with a class of Virginia Tech students. Suu Kyi is a political activist and a leader in the National League for Democracy in Burma....Tags: Democracy, Nobel Prize Awards, Martin Sheen, YouTube, Burma
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After serving a year in Iraq, a soldier is home with his family
Multimedia JournalistThe Hicklin family was at Roanoke Regional Airport staring out the window, waiting and watching for his plane to land. Once he arrived, the entire airport cheered, as he made his way to hug his family for the first time in over a year. Saturday was a...Tags: Facebook, U.S. Army
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Tim Saunders' Blog
February 24, 2012
If you watched the 5:00 news on Thursday, you may have seen me delivering a live report while driving a car. That was not a trick. I really was driving and communicating live with Jean Jadhon. Given all the amazing technology that&...Tags: Talk Shows (genre), News Agency, Health and Safety at Work, Executive Branch, Rocketry
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