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After two days of travel, WDBJ7 crew meets up with Hokie Storm Chasers in Kansas
WDBJ7 is tagging along as a team of meteorology professors and students are using the Midwest as their classroom this week. Chris Hurst is with them for the next two days. He and photojournalist Andy May met up with them late Saturday night as they were...
Tags: Weather Science, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Virginia Tech
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Re-opening for Center in the Square
reporterAfter years of planning and hardwork, Center in the Square is open to the public. Roanoke's cultural center re-opened Saturday morning to lots of fanfare with a ribbon cutting by city and center leaders. Center in the Square closed down while a multi-...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Museums, Arts and Culture, Arts
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New academy offers Pittsylvania County high school students college credit, internships, work certificate
WDBJ7 ReporterA new program in southern Virginia is helping students get ready for the real world, even before graduating high school. Pittsylvania County schools are introducing a new Academy for Engineering and Technology this fall. Students can earn college...Tags: Pittsylvania County, Colleges and Universities, Education, Virginia State University
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College grads need jobs
WDBJ7 ReporterOn Friday, thousands of students will graduate from Virginia Tech. The question is how many have a job lined up? The lawn at Alumni Hall was packed with soon to be graduates, all taking part in "Grad Bash", a new tradition that may be the last hurrah...Tags: Virginia Tech
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Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets
Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets. On Wednesday, the university released its newest safety ratings and gave one more helmet two thumbs up with the maximum 5 stars. The Xenith X-2 joins Riddell and Rawlings as the...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Technology, Engineering, Virginia Tech
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Virginia Tech president Steger stepping down
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Steger is scheduled to give the commencement speech at Virginia Tech’s graduation Friday. Steger has been the school’s president since 2000. “When...
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Graduation, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities, Life Sciences Institute Incorporated
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Longtime VMI athletics director retiring
Virginia Military Institute athletic director Donny White announced Monday that he will retire in November. White has been a part of VMI’s athletic department for 35 years, spending time as a cadet-athlete, assistant coach, head coach, and chief...
Tags: Big South Conference, Baseball, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, U.S. Army
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Forest Service urges camping with caution
Roanoke, VA - National forest officials are promoting flash flood awareness for neighboring communities and people who camp outdoors. A flash flood is a serious weather event for forest visitors because rising flood water is extremely dangerous—a...
Tags: National Weather Service, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Science, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Forestry and Timber
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Radford University business class studies STEM grads, seeking out exceptional foreign students
WDBJ7 ReporterOn Wednesday at Radford University, business and local leaders had a roundtable discussion about exceptionally gifted foreigh students and how they impact the local economy. Educators say some of the nearly 1 million foreign born Virginia residents...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Employment, Radford (Radford, Virginia), Employment Opportunities
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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: Social Media, Weather Reports, Weather, Science, Skype
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McAuliffe 'starts' campaign 6 months after entry
Six months after Democrat Terry McAuliffe entered Virginia's gubernatorial race, he's barnstorming statewide with Democratic luminaries in an "official" campaign launch. He also announced a fundraiser a month away with First Lady Michelle Obama. ...
Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Ken Cuccinelli, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Elections
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UPDATE: Speed limit increase on Route 58 in Carroll County pushed back
The Virginia Department of Transportation is delaying a speed limit increase for the Route 58 Hillsville Bypass. The speed limit was scheduled to go up from 55 miles per hour to 65 starting Monday. The sign installation was delayed because of rain....
Tags: Carroll County (Virginia), Virginia Department of Transportation, Technology
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