andrew cochran/roanoke city voter registrar: of the 32 polling locations that we had before, 18 are no longer serving as polling locations, so if you voted in one of the 14 precincts that survives you go to the same place, but there are seven new precincts, and as i stated about 18 are no longer in service, so that equates to almost two thirds of the voters will be voting in a different place this time. if you're a registered voter in the city of roanoke and you don't know where you're supposed to vote, you can go online, or call the registrar's office. we'll include those links with this story at wdbj7-dot-com. the polls will be joe dashiell wdbj7 mixall right it was a windy day today but it's starting to settle down just a little bit out there it was almost picture-perfect but if you're out in the win you know were talking about it was a little bit too gusty at times and in fact on wintergreen mountain which is often a windy place adverts sixty miles an hour but it big island elementary the same thing wins rapine around the mountains washington and lee with 46 mile-per-hour gusts as

andrew cochran, roanoke general registrar - "they will be following some of the laws that govern regular elections. they have decided that you must be a registered voter and you must have the regular id that voters will also need to sign a pledge of allegiance to the democratic party in order to cast a ballot. voting starts saturday at noon and runs until 7. still ahead ... a bassett man is about to celebrate a historic milestone. what the 87- year-old is celebrating. claude cobler has been a volunteer with the bassett rescue squad ... and at 87-years- old he says he hopes to continue responding to calls for the squad for many more years to come. cobler is getting ready to celebrate his 50- th anniversary with the squad ... which he helped found back in 19- 66. he says his love of helping people is what has motivated him to keep going all these years. claude cobler/bassett rescue squad volunteer - "i just enjoy especially at a time in their life when they're at their lowest." cobler is also a member of the smith river rescue squad in patrick county. now a look ahead to stories that will

andrew cochran, roanoke general registrar - "they will be following some of the laws that govern regular elections. they have decided that you must be a registered voter and you must have the regular id that would be required for a regular election." voters will also need to sign a pledge of allegiance to the cast a ballot. voting starts saturday at noon and runs until seven. preliminary results from an archaeological study show there are no unmarked graves at the greenfield plantation. the study comes after public outcry over botetourt county's decision to move two historic buildings that served as slave quarters. since there are no unmarked graves on site... the county says the buildings should be ready to move by the end of the week. the official move date will depend on weather conditions. a henry county man celebrates a major career milestone. still ahead -- the story behind his energy efficiency doesn't pick favorites. it should apply to everyone. i'm zach bacon with appalachian power. i'm an energy efficiency coordinator here in virginia. to me, it's all about being able this part

andrew cochran, roanoke general registrar - "they will be following some of the laws that govern regular elections. they have decided that you must be a registered voter and you must have the regular id that would be required for a regular election." voters will also need to sign a pledge of allegiance to the democratic party in order to cast a ballot. # tuesday: scattered light snow showers with highs in the upper 30s the lower 30s thursday: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper 20s friday: increasing clouds with highs in the upper 30s.late-day & overnight snow showers possible saturday: morning & early afternoon snow showers possible.late- day clearing with highs in the lower 30s sunday: mostly sunny with highs in the lower 30s tuesday: scattered light snow showers with highs in the upper 30s wednesday: light snow for our western counties.flurr ies for everyone else.highs in the lower 30s sunshine with highs in the upper 20s friday: increasing clouds with highs in the upper 30s.late-day & overnight snow showers possible saturday: morning & early afternoon snow showers possible.la

andrew cochran city of roanoke director of elections "you can go to elections-dot- virginia-dot gov and in the upper lefthand corner is a red box that says citizen portal you can go in, put in your information and it will pull up your correct voter registration information. " voter registration is 3 weeks from an election. if you haven't registered to vote yet you can't vote in this primary but you can the presidential election in november. ((cold toss to leo)) the forecast is unsettled through the middle of the week. a dynamic system will approach the area monday bringing 2 waves of rain though midweek. heavy downpours are likely along with gusty winds by wednesday. surface temperatures will be above freezing throughout the event, thus, we will be mainly concerned with plain rain & the area would strong gusty winds you forecast roanoke smith mountlake lexington mid upper forties with astray shower possible lynchburg what sin appomattox near fifty degrees south bostondanville gretna area new river valley southwest traveling through that direction. maybe heading from floyd radford with b

andrew cochran city of roanoke director of elections "you can go to elections-dot- virginia-dot gov and in the upper lefthand corner is a red box that says citizen portal you can go in, put in your information and it will pull up your correct voter registration information. " voter registration is 3 weeks from an election. if you haven't registered to vote yet, you can't vote in this primary. but you can register in time for the presidential election in november. and we have a wet morning to start off your week. here's leo hirsbrunner with your full forecast. andoutside that wet weather will continue over the next several days so hopefully you have your umbrella close at watch out for pockets of dense fog as he head toward the greenbrier valley a west virginia visibility down to 2 miles alas in around the blacksburg area traveling through parts of the newer valley a mile or alas depending on where you going some areas not so bad but it might be pretty good. right now then it goes downhill an hour so so just beware is your out on the roadways watch out for that fog would now from mill my

andrew cochran/city of roanoke director of elections: "we had some confusion, south roanoke votes at crystal spring elementary school and we also have a crystal spring precinct that votes at crystal spring baptist church so those got reversed and a similar situation with highland. the all new notices to each of those impacted voters." if you have with your voting place or voting registrar. the presidential primary in virginia is just a couple weeks away. before the polls open on march 1st, one college wants to make sure your voice is heard. wdbj7's christian heilman has more on the statewide polling going on right here in our region. "do you have just a few minutes to help me with a brief survey? "what about marco rubio? " "ted cruz" "would that be very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely " these are the people on the front lines of public opinion in virginia. nat "and i'm calling from roanoke college, how are you this afternoon?" no matter what, she talks with are their politics. amelia glaser, call "they start laughing or they get mad, basically. both ends of the spectrum. " c

andrew cochran city of roanoke director of elections "you can go to elections-dot- virginia-dot gov and in the upper lefthand corner is a red box that says citizen portal you can go in, put in your information and it will pull up your correct voter registration information. " voter registration is 3 weeks from an election. if you haven't registered to vote yet you can't vote in this primary but you can register in time for the presidential election in november. you're watching your hometown news leader, wdbj7. special olympics athletes come to virginia tech to compete. we'll take you there, coming up. my constipation and belly pain... ...feel like a raging storm. i've tried laxatives... my constipation... ...feels like a heavy weight... ...that keeps coming back. linzess can help. once-daily linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. linzess helps you proactively manage your symptoms. it may help that are... ... easier to pass and may relieve your belly pain. do not give linzess to children under 6, anitd houlnot be given to children 6 to 17. it may harm t

andrew cochran city of roanoke director of elections "you can go to elections-dot- virginia-dot gov and in the upper lefthand corner is a red box that says citizen portal you can go in, put in your information and it will pull up your correct voter registration information. " voter registration is 3 weeks from an election. if you haven't registered to vote yet you can't vote in this primary but you can register in time for the presidential election in november. more than 100 special olympics athletes came to virginia tech to play basketball this weekend. 20 unified teams -- made up of people with and without intellectual disabilities -- took to the court at the cassell coliseum. it was part of the regional basketball tournament that has been going on for 27 years. organizers estimate about 500 volunteers showed up to help cheer the athletes on--it's an extra boost for the nancy morehouse, special olympics virginia director of unified sports "and we see that our confidence in our players goes up. all of the sudden the shot they never made in practice all season long, now they're making t