and teens toward the new river valley. we will be below freezing for most of the morning tomorrow and temps barely making it above freezing and we will be colder for wednesday than we had today and dropping back down to the 20s tomorrow evening. there is a chance for light snow in the mountains. around the rest of the area watching us from buckingham county, 38. russburg at 37. toward south side. highs upper 30s and 40s toward danville and in the mountains upper 20s to lower 30s for your wednesday. quick check ahead for your weather for your valentine's weekend. look at valentine's day, 11 at 8 a.m. and highs only in the upper 20s. the rest of your seven-day forecast look very cold and staying below freezing for the entire weekend. a chance for light rain and light snow on monday. now here is dave with sports. >> reporter: all right, george, live in charlottesville. we are here because uva looking to prepare for a rematch over dennis has more in a special >>> hi, everybody. one month ago virginia tech pulled a shocker in b

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new river valley. we should see glaze to a 10th of an inch of ice before it is done. isolated spots more than that. snow early afternoon mix you head towards tonight a wintry mix as temperatures are warming up then sunshine by later this week into the weekend. temperatures approaching 60 degrees. the next chance of rain moving in late saturday into sunday. >> also air travel quite a few canceled flights. check in with your airline. we have crews out all over southwest virginia and snow you can hopefully stay indoors with family and friends today. wdbj7 shayne dwyer is in roanoke this morning at the corner of benson road and orange avenue. how are things looking like there now? >> good morning to you, kimberly. things looking good. plow crews have been doing excellent job. men and women coming through this morning clearing out the roads. along windsor road there is black. you can see the blacktop of the road. road surface. it is good. we have not seen that since last night. good improvement on the road.

some of that could drift to the south and east a the mountains so even through the route and new river valley and roanoke valley don't be surprised snow shower today but again most of it stays back in the mountains like were all the heavier snow will be confined that's the western facing slopes pocahontas county greenbrier county that's were some areas could see six inches plus of snow before it's all said and done but for the highlands the rest of the mountains in west virginia far southwest virginia maybe a coating to inch or two and then as he head through the newer valley roanoke valley lynchburg one of those bursts of snow you might get a quick coding here and there forecast for today would talk about temperatures into the 30s. overall through lynchburg loving stint appomattox temperatures into the thirties southern virginia upper thirties to low forties as you travel through the new river valley southwest would a be talk about temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s back through with bill radford floyd blacksburg upper twenties to low thirties a better chance of a few snow showers in

right around 49 in roanoke. 44 in the new river valley. been in the 40s. we are back in the upper 20s and lower 30s as we have cold air building into the heart of virginia. 30 in altavista overnight. 29 in bedford. 23 in the new river valley. we will look at low 30s down to the south side. a quick check of the weekend outlook. it is friday eve. i promise you a great weekend. mostly sunny skies. we will see temperatures in the upper 40 saturday. lower 50s on sunday. still above average. overnight lows will be in the 20s. we have some cold air on the way as we head into next week. the jetstream is going to take a trip to the south. we're going to see the coldest air of the season. temperatures are back in the 30s for your highs, tuesday evening to wednesday. more cloud cover for today, lower 50s. upper 40s friday into saturday. monday, we're looking all right with highs in the upper 40s monday night into tuesday. watching the chance for a little rain-snow mix. could see snow showers on 30s. we're going to need that coat. day, we will introduce by audiology h

the new river valley. we have team coverage of this winter event. >> first we take a look at where the storm is right now. tracking the latest conditions. >> good morning. we woke up to a lot of snow. we're seeing area wide moderate to heavy snowfall. our winter storm warning will remain in effect through noon tomorrow. that is for the entire region. as this snow is going to be this morning. right now we are watching moderate to heavy snow showers across most of the area. just with the exception of a pocahontas and highland counties. to the south you're noticing that pink starting to mix in. that is ice. that's what we're going to see this morning between about 8:00 and 11:00 starting from the south and working its way north as we start to see some of that warmer air funneling in. this afternoon we are going to get a huge break in the activity. a lot of areas will see nothing at all. during this break we're going to have some areas of freezing rain throughout the region. pretty widely scattered. that will

there's are low here's the front this is tomorrow morning about 7 am it enters from the west new river valley probably between seven in and can a noon in the rona valley and indigents over the lynchburg in danville during the afternoon this quickly exits through the afternoon and early evening but it's coming into some fairly soupy air back temperatures argun be back into the sixties so we can't rule out some thunderstorms in the storm prediction center is, highlighted areas to the east of us and that down across the south as the potential for some severe weather mainly be gusty winds with that but again i think the threat is fairly low but this would be the area we need to watch air across places like center virginia and to danville tomorrow afternoon with even rumble of thunder in the new river valley rolling valley and highlands during the morning so for your wednesday temperatures in the mid- sixties once again here's a close a look at the timing of that rain coming in here between say seven and i and the new river valley around the noontime hourfour rona can does break up a bit and the r

. >> new at six, hundreds of people in the new river valley are now out of a job as a result of the layoffs at involve so. offering a >> 600 people are newly unemployed not the new river valley. volvo laid them off this month. that's about 22% of the 2800 workers the company had before the layoff at the dublin plant. to the community, it's a big blow. wdbj 7's justin ward shows us how their neighbors are giving them a helping hand in tonight's special report. >> at the new river community action office/thank you for calling the community action. >> sara gray and her staff are helping people who have found themselves in a tough financial bind. >> i do emergency in helping counseling. gray is expecting the next few weeks to be busy. >> there's not too many people volvo. close to home. >> first staff was prepared when december 1st. hundreds of people who lose their jobs. the town is no stranger to massive layoffs. it's happened many times before. in this community, it's not a question of if, but when. the rapid response team started aligning area businesses, who are hunting for workers as soon

you lorraine tomorrow skinny come through late morning so between say seven eight nine in the new river valley. the allegheny highlands between say nine a noon for the rona valley and in this chance over the lynchburg in danville during the afternoon clears out for the second half of the we can impact by late tomorrow should be adding here with increasing sunshine on the way for thursday and will bring much cooler temperatures that with highs only in the forties for the we can lows in the 20s a we two virginia tech students charged in the death of blacksburg teen nicole lovell made their first court appearence. david eisenhauer and natalie keepers are both from maryland and are in jail without bond. eisenhauer is charged with first degree murder and abduction of lovell. the court appointed chris tuck to represent him. according to arrest warrants, eisenhauer did not use a gun in her death. he told law enforcement after he was arrested, "i set me free." keepers requested her own attorney, kris olin. she is charged with disposing of a dead body and being an accessory after the fact. lovell went

today - new river valley beekeeper's association - kicked off their annual beginners course. the class was held on the virginia tech campus - where students learned about topics like honeybee biology - and how to select woodenware for beekeeping.the class is meant for students of all ages. instructors say this year's course has the highest enrollment in its history - at 60 students. instructors say they're excited - to see a - each year. jerry borger - beginning beekeeper's course instructor "beekeepers keep honeybees, and honeybees, along with all other pollinators, help put an awful lot of food on our tables. there are so many different things you can do with bees other than just having them and getting some pollination benefits, or even just getting honey benefits." the course is divided into two sessions - the next of which will be held in mid-april - when students will learn how to inspect bees - and weather permitting - will visit an aviary to get a look at the different parts of the hive. registration is closed for the course - but there are resources on the organizati

dozens of streets in the new river valley are slick with ice this morning. the interstates are clear but many of the main roads are not. conditions are worst in carroll, giles, floyd and patrick counties. crews will be busy inspecting a bridge today in elliston. there will be lane closures on i-81 south near kessler mill from 8-30 this morning to noon. also look out for northbound lane closures from noon to 4-30 this afternoon. workers are fixing guardrails right now on electric road in roanoke county. the southbound right lane is blocked near the i-81 south ramp for another 45 minutes. this is a live look at i-64 in covington from a virginia department of transportation camera. we're not seeing any accidents so far this morning. state will now see new regulations regarding adoption after its third reading, the bill passed 53 to 45 yesterday in the virginia general assembly. the bill was proposed in order to establish the purpose of private animal shelters. lawmakers looked at the policies for accepting and or denying animals into the shelter, the number of

obviously if you're heading through there, but also if you're heading down into the new river valley. the visibility certainly an issue with us and that very dense fog and will that improve as the day goes on and obviously the car fire clears up but be careful and looking up in the second half of the week and we'll see the sunshine. details on that coming up in just a couple of minutes. "good day, virginia" returns tuesday, february second. i'm kyle benjamin and i'm january keaton in franklin county-a woman was indicted on second degree murder and child abuse charges- after the death of a child in her care.hope perdue has been indicted just months after sheriffs started investigating the suspicious death of a 3-year-old child. police say callen mullins was found dead in perdue's home back in may.according to the search warrants filed in roanoke county, hope perdue's husband told investigators hope was the last person holding callen the morning he was killed. the presidential campaign that has brought many surprises delivered a few more monday night in the iowa caucuses. republican ted

next on good day virginia: a traffic alert for drivers in the new river valley. rock slide repairs could slow down your morning commute. the information you need to know! and we'll show you how a local organization is making sure kids have healthy relationships.you're watching strong upper oh my gosh stephanie, we're like so goth. we're like goth, goth. (knocking on door) honey? i'm dying my hair mom. hair dye? no, not in my bathroom. relax mom. honey, just let me in. no! tiffany! no! tiffany!!! it's just purple. teenage daughter? get scrubbing bubbles. kill 99.9% of germs and destroy dirt and grime. you only need scrubbing bubbles disinfectant cleaners for 100% problem solved. we work hard so you don't have to. level trough moves across today into tonight. high pressure builds in by friday afternoon and then shifts to thesoutheast u.s. over the weekend....wind advisory in effect until 7 am est friday... .today...mostly cloudy. isolated sprinkles this morning...then aslight chance of rain and snow showers this afternoon. muchcooler with winds 15 to 20 mph withgus

afternoon and you back through the next couple days right now were watching winds moving through the new river valley blacksburg of the next couple days. right now were watching winds moving through the new river valley blacksburg, only down with bill galax moving into floyd and there's another one back behind that and even another one in the distance a was is monitor these as they move through giving low heads up that their coming through and that we can plan accordingly temperatures in the twenties and thirties these are the actual air temperatures right now for two factor rain and gusty when that's been the region anywhere from twenty even some thirty mile per our gust it makes it feel a lot thisevening, temperatures a senior blacksburg 14 hot springs in a get down to about 2324 roanoke lynchburg danville keeping some snow showers around. again not a persistent snow bridges some of these occasional snow showers in the forecast model you can see the how this northwest flow does is the snow showers it all the way into wednesday an and finally by thursday afternoon that finally lets up and will event

we're finding icy conditions throughout the new river valley this morning. the highways are clear, but even the main roads are slippery. tazewell county and bland county are in the worst shape right now. a bridge inspection on route 220 in botetourt county. in both directions near the bridge over catawba creek, which is just north of fincastle. that's going on from 4-30 this afternoon. workers are replacing a bridge this month in floyd county. harvestwood road will be closed until the 26-th. this is a live look at i-581 in roanoke from wdbj7's hotel traffic camera. we're not seeing any major problems so far this morning. it's already been an exciting morning at the virginia museum of transportation. we witnessed the 611 depart, a rare moment for the locomotive and they have a big event coming up. wdbj7's amanda kenney is at the museum to tell us more. good morning garrettt. the museum is gearing up for the 8th annual train lovers days. it was orginally scheduled for the weekend, but because of the inclimate weather it has been rescheduled to february 20th. w

and temperatures will be new river valley, 42. lynchburg, upper 40s. and upper 50s for highs towards southside. and we are looking toward your weekend and next week. no travel problems. great looking weekend. we'll see some high clouds and near normal temperatures. cold mornings in the 20s and highs in the 50s. and monday night, rain changing to sleet and snow. and this does not look like a major winter storm, but 1/2-1 inch snow totals will be common. we'll keep you updated. >> mark: google will begin testing its driverless car in washington this week. it's the third city allowing google to test its car. it's using 3d simulated software to drive its car the lasers, cameras, and onboard computers are always working. google says there are no plans 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 to help our customers learn energy efficiency. this partnership with appalachian power allows us to touch more fa

wsls ten's duke carter has been in the new river valley. duke crews how are people there making sure their vehicles are snow read? some are actually enjoying the snow especially now that virginia tech said no there's class tomorrow. students are testing their 4 wheel drive to learn how it handles the snow. this is video of benjamin dwyer who is testing his pickup truck's rear drive. doing donuts, and drifting in an empty parking lot. he's from virginia beach and says whenever it snows he just wants to test out the muscle in his car. i do this because one it's fun but two i'm from virginia beach and we don't get snow there so but when it happens people are in ditches all over everyhwere so it's good practice if you're out driving on the roads or something and you need to go somewhere it's nice to know to be able to control the vehicle and have that confidence stay with wsls ten for the latest on the wintry weather. in blacksburg, duke carter wsls ten. uva's got to shake off a tough loss...because they're back in a- c-c action tomorrow. and n

from roanoke ...to the new river valley ... and southside ... we're bringing you team coverage as the snowfall ... turns into ice. good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at eleven. i'm john carlin. and i'm lindsey ward. it's been more than 24-hours ... since this storm's first snowfall here in southwest virginia. now ... the powdery flakes ... have turned into freezing rain local plow crews ... first responders ... residents ... and even students across the region. today i woke up saw all the snow awesome we didn't have classes but really did nothing pretty much had to eat the food in the house couldn't go out for now ... we want to turn things over to storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniewich ... jeff ... the combination of the snow and ice ... is a little concerning ... winter storm warnings remain in effect for the entire viewing area through noon on tuesday. most of the snow has departed and now our attention turns to ice freezing rain and plain old rain. there will be a lull in the activity early this afternoon, with th

new river valleyroanoke and the new river valley. >> george: if you were going to be spending any time outside the next few days, please dress warmly and don't forget about your pets as well as they suffer in the wind chill just like we do. as for your wednesday, it is going to be a very cold day. we are going to have wind chills in the teens and 20s all day. there is going to be a few areas areas of light snow toward the mountain, but most of us are not going to be getting any measurable snow. right now the temperature is at 32. the wind chills are falling into the 20s. clear skies and clouds and that breezy wind is going to purr cyst tonight and through tomorrow. that way we have a west wind at 11 miles per hour. some of you are seeing some snowsome of you are seeing some snow. right now pinpoint doppler radar shows there are some areas of light snow toward the new river light snow in pulaski and roanoke light areas of light snow. light snow and authorities in bedford county. zoom us into some areas of snow. if you were traveling i would say at the most we could see a dusting of snow

. >> george: most of the snow has been falling in the mountains and the new river valley. there are some school delays tomorrow and that information is on wset.com. most of the traffic is moving along smoothly, however temperatures are dropping below freezing, so some of that rain from earlier are causing slippery spots on the road. and we are seeing right rain in whitville. additional light rain and snow is possible tonight. >> anchor: thank you, george. it's been almost two weeks since nicole lovell disappeared. her story has drawn national attention and support, but local community honoring her memory. marissa para was at the vigil for her tonight and she's live with this story. >> reporter: whitney, it was bitterly cold tonight. you can still the remnants of the snow that happened earlier tonight, but that didn't stop the supporters from coming out. >>> a community coming together to honor nicole lovell. >> our poor students. they were all volunteers that came tonight. >> reporter: susan anderson says it speaks to their generosity. >> i can't tell you how many offers c

snow showers will fall in the highlands and new river valley where temperatures will remain in the 30s there. the roanoke valley will see rain by early chance to snow showers by evening. no accumulation is expected east of the blue ridge. a coating to 1" will be possible west of the roanoke valley and into the new river valley. the highlands and far southwest virginia will see will reach the mid 40s, but upper 30s to the west. monday night: lingering snow showers end with lows in the mid to upper 20s. tuesday: partly sunny with a snow shower possible. highs in the upper 30s. mountain snow showers will be likely with wednesday: partly sunny and windy with mountain snow. highs in the low 30s and lows in the teens. it will feel like the teens and 20s during the day and single digits at night. thursday: a mix of sun and clouds, but cold and windy with highs in the upper 20s. friday: partly sunny with highs around 38. saturday: plenty of sunshine, but another blast of arctic air will send highs into the 20s to low 30s. sunday valentine's day: sunny and frigid with highs with lows in the mid

lower 40s in the new river valley. overnight, increasing clouds with a few showers possible. temperatures falling into the upper 20s and lower 30s. if you head out the door tomorrow, watch out for slick spots still on the road. we told you a warming trend. we are in the mid- to upper 40s wednesday and thursday. low 50s friday. saturday and sunday, associates danville-lynchburg and heritage funeral service and crematory. >>> welcome back. today's safety zone topic is open burning. here to talk about open burning is jennifer mayberry with lynchburg fire department. how are you? >> very good. >> whitney: what are the regulations as far as open burning within the city of lynchburg? >> you need to make sure you are within the city limits and you need to be about 300 feet from any occupied building and 10 feet from any adjoining. the pile you are burning can only consist of limbs, tree trimmings, garland trimmings. you cannot have large debris, large limbs, large tree stumps. you cannot have any household like that.you cannot burn in a barrel. it can only be 8 feet in diameter. >>

radar you can see that we do have a couple of showers near west virginia and in parts of the new river valley and a little bit of rain over by giles and craig and the highest elevation of grayson county right now is a light mix. this big picture shows a line of severe weather extending from philadelphia to pennsylvania and south carolina. the line certainly capable of producing tornadoes and will eventually push offshore over there are many reports of trees down and damaging wind and i do think that frankly i would be shocked if we did not find out tomorrow about a tornado touchdown in appomattox county. it looks like that was caused by a tornado and the video that we saw certainly looks like or tornado touchdown in appomattox county as well. even more east. we turn out i intend to the wind -- turn our attention to the wind and we could have wind gusts over 40 mph and over 30 mph across lynchburg. overall it looks like the winds will increase tonight on top of what they already are and a saturated ground we could have more trees topple over tonight and into the day tomorrow. lindsay? >> thank

we do have one batch moving through the new river valley right now that could hold together long enough to make its way through the roanoke valley with a couple burst the snow here and there thirty two roanoke twenty seven new york alanna thirty four look at chicago only 17 back to that arctic air is that's driving in our direction will arrive here tomorrow and thursday wind in taz well taz will middle school twenty degrees rainout with a very light northwesterly breeze around three miles an hour forecast today would a drop off a little bit more would temperatures and warm back up if you want to call a back into the mid and upper get maybe a couple breaks is sunshine here and there but still a chance for passing snow shower even though most of that will be confined toward the mountains especially back in west virginia most looks i get hits a wall and stopped over in west virginia and that will be the trend but every now again one will make its way south and east don't be surprised by that and it could drop a quick coding or two and then as he head toward later this week another chance f

>>> a florida news, award-winning coverage of lynchburg, danville, bedford, roanoke, and the new river valley. >>> thousands of active duty troops suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. a new study reveals the military is struggling to provide adequate care for them. the rand corp. study reviewed 40,000 cases. the group found many of the troops with ptsd and depression are not getting the minimum number of therapy sessions. officials blame it on a lack of mental health professionals and turning to civilian therapists. >>> a gun range in eastern oklahoma under fire accused of violating one-man civil rights. a muslim man suing the business after it posted a sign banning muslims. tom george reports.>> i'm a muslim and i recognize what a blessing it is to be an american. >> reporter: a blessing that called him to join the army reserves. with a better and try to shoot at the save yourself survival and tactical gun range, he found an unwelcome sign on the door calling it a muslim free establishment. he told owners he was muslim. >> they started treat me with suspicion. they had b

protected by the mountains but some of the cold arctic air is making its way down and around up the new river valley and on into the roanoke valley. the air tower, excuse me. it feels like single dinlit temperatures and subzero temperatures as we head into tomorrow morning. the details and the full pinpoint forecast. right now. >> kyle: and thanks for joining us for the fourth this morning police in rocky mount are searching for the man who they say robbed the family pharmacy. officers identified the suspect as joshua wayne cundiff of boones mill.cundiff allegedly pull a gun on the pharmacist and demanded drugs.an employee pulled a gun in self defense. during the getaway - police tell us - the worker fired at least one shot - as the robber took off in a pickup truck. police seached a wooded area around the pharmacy, but did not locate cundiff. they believe left the area. wfxr news is your local election headquarters and the latest numbers are coming in from the nation's first presidential primary. and coming out on top--donald trump and bernie sanders. fox news correspondent, caroline shively, has t

watching abc 13 news, award-winning coverage of lynchburg, danville, bedford, roanoke, in the new river valley. >>> the pope is continuing his historic visit to mexico today. in his first few days there, he shared a tough love message with the country's leaders. today, he is heading to a notorious prison for a meeting of another kind. marcy gonzales reports. >> reporter: crowds streaming across the border. once the murder capital of mexico, today a symbolic side of hope with a historic visit from pope francis. >> i thought i'm jumping out of my skin. >> just having the pope here says a lot. >> reporter: the pontiff on the final day of his trip to mexico will meet with inmates here at one of the most violent prisons in latin america and later will hold mass here facing hundreds of thousands of faithfuls. issues of migration expected to be in the forefront of his message. >> is inspirational because he is here for the right reasons. >> reporter: francis is expected to use the ramp to approach the border and offer a special blessing to people gathered on the other side in el paso. >> there's a po

near 50 in south boston. 46 in roanoke. 41 in the new river valley. you want to dress in layers. it will feel cold with the northwesterly wind up to 25 miles per hour. if you're out later tonight, you're still going to need the jacket as temperatures drop into the 20s across the board. mostly clear and cold with light wind. as we get a check of the weekend forecast, picture-perfect out there. get outside and enjoy it. right about where we should be this time of year. the average is 47. we are going to wake up to temperatures saturday and sunday morning into the 20s. it is going to be a cold morning, but we will see a cool afternoon with a high of 49 saturday. looking of a high of 52 sunday. i told you yesterday we were going to have cold air come into the eastern half of the country. we are going to see the jetstream take a big dip. it divides the cold air and warmer air.temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above average for the west and east coast 10 to 20 below. we're looking at snow as we here's what we are tracking. monday night into tuesday, snow will be probable. is not going to b

we follow up with this young a yearnning coverage of bedford, roanoke, and the new river valley. >>> the question parents far would you go to help your child? two years ago, i introduced you to a little boy with a big day. his mother said her controversial medication has really improved his quality of life and doctors say it could help other children who are also suffering, but it is illegal to buy it in virginia. what can be done for other families who desperately want the same breakthrough without breaking the law? growing hope. this is caleb thomas. to most people, he looks like an average 13-year-old. this part of his life has robbed him of that normalcy. this is just one of the many seizures caleb has gone through every day for years. >> caleb has been through every medication on the list except for three. i don't know what the future holds. it's hard to say. >> whitney: when we first met of her rope's living in and out of the e.r. while trying to find her son a treatment that works. doctors continue to come up short giving caleb a list of meds, some with dangerous side effects.

in the mid thirties southern virginia mid to upper thirties partly sunny more clouds of the new river valley with astray snow shower to highs only in the teens and 20s head up toward the highlands greenbrier valley a west virginia will get monterey marling ten hot springs only in the upper teens low 20s. those are the highs coming to new castle mid to upper twenties with a good chances snow showers seven day planner weather impact day thursday because the windchill advisory in the morning friday maybe a few snow showers late in the weather impact days because of dangerously cold temperatures heads our way on monday that could be some white accumulating snow as is you had early next cybersecurity in the u-s. data breaches hit agencies including the department of justice. the president wants to increase cybersecurity spending by more than 35-percent from last year. dominated congress on the proposal. the president says cybersecurity initiative will pass. president obama also sent congress his eighth and final budget yesterday. the four point one trillion dollar budget combines a number of init

will to use that time to bring award-winning coverage of lynchburg, bedford, roanoke, and the new river valley. >>> some fast food workers asking for higher minimum wage. demonstrators have stage rallies like ththis one in milwaukee two years ago demanding a minimum wage of $15 per hour. organizers expect more than 1000 protesters outside the debate site tonight. cap it at $12 an hour. the minimum wage is currently at $7.25.>>> the state department may release some of weekend. officials offered to release the emails after a federal judge criticize them for delaying the release. the emails are from the private servers clinton used when she was secretary of state. critics claim the private server put national secrets at risk. the state department has so far released 85 percent of clinton's emails. >>> after four tough days at sea, a cruise ship seriously tossed around in the storm this weekend is now back at a port in new jersey. no serious injuries were reported, but some passengers lives. rc gonzales reports. >> reporter: pure relief and anger today. >> never again. >> reporter: 4500 passenger

wsls 10's bethany teague joins us live from our new river valley bureau. bethany.. when is this change supposed to happen? this is scheduled to take place at the end of march. planned parenthood recently began notifying its blacksburg patients of the coming change.. saying the roanoke office will now offer extended hours to accommodate the new patients. leaders say when the blacksburg clinic launched more than three decades ago.. it was the only trusted women's health care provider in the area. however.. virginia tech has expanded student and the community health center of the new river valley now women's health services in both montgomery and giles counties. planned parenthood representative paige johnson are different today, but we are equally determined to meet them, no matter what." the organization says it plans to continue offering sex education and advocacy work in the blacksburg area.. even after the clinic closes. live in the nrv newsroom bethany teague wsls 10. it's been nearly three-weeks since 13-year-old nicole lovell disappeared and was later found dea

find out just how effective debates are during why one expert says candidateshe new river valleyroanoke and the new river valley. >> danner: four local it doors florida senator marco rubio. kathy byron, chairwoman of the gop, betsy young, lee vogler and former roanoke gop eynch all give their support to that presidential candidate. 31 leaders and activists all over the currently back senator marco rubio. >>> interview 520 candidates in virginia, and who would they like to see for president. hillary clinton leads donald trump. she is statistically tied with republican hopefuls ted cruz and marco rubio. bernie sanders leads all republican front runners 55% to 33%. you can find all the results of the entire poll on our web site tonight at wset.com. >>> do you know who you are voting for and who it is yet? for many of you, one of the best ways to get to know more about the candidates is to tune into the presidential debates, but by watching? kristine fra zao reports. >> such a nasty question. >> this is not a cage match. >> reporter: they are woven into the fabric of political campaigns. >> the american people are

south side but feeling about mid30s for us and it will be in the mid30s as we head on into the new river valley with clearing skies and gusting winds. making it feel like it's well down into the 20s around the new river valley. same story we head up into the highlands and expect the cold feeling day out there so anything you need to do outside have to be layered up properly for it but pretty good sunshine as we round out the day with that clearing taking hold. looking good as we go on through the weekend with lots of sunshine and the temperatures are moving back up into the 40s for us. low 50s on tap for sunday. and then we are watching that possible storm on monday with the chance for some rain and snow moving through and changing over to snow showers and turning much colder as we high temperatures only in the 30s and even the low 30s as we go towards the middle of the week. >> january: chilly, chilly, chilly. >> kyle: enjoy the weekend while we can! before we know what next week brings. >> january: we know what it brings! >> jason: it will warm up. done with the low 30s. need some warmth! >>

highest infant death rate in the new river valley.. just slightly below the national average. but as wsls 10's bethany teague explains.. there is a new center designed to change that. ashlee jessie mom it's tough. ashlee jessie is a mother of two.. and a full time employee. she.. like so many other pulaski county moms.. has struggled to find quality child care in the area. ashlee jessie :13-:16 mom it's frustrating. i work in christiansburg, so it is very limited without having to take them to radford or christiansburg. right now.. the town of pulaski does not have any licensed childcare facilities for kids from new born to two years old. david moore :29- :32 smart beginnings nrv there's nothing for those families at all currently. but that's changing thanks to a federal grant. the pulaski ymca is less than two weeks from opening it's early head start center for kids zero to 36 months. krystal whitt :44-:47 childcare director we don't want to be a typical day care. we are a child development center. the early anything. for kids to qualify.. parents must be working.. and fall be

rubio's fellow g-o-p candidate donald trump is visiting the new river valley. trump is expected to speak at radford university on monday. according to the candidate's website ... he will speak at 12 p-m. trump's campaign stop will happen the day before virginia's presidential primary. salem v-a medical center teamed up with v-a facilities across the nation for its second access stand down event. the event's goal is to connect with veterans ... reduce the number of vets with urgent healthcare needs and schedule a clinical appointment for them within at least 30 days. the center scheduled 165 veterans and treated about 100 today. tonight hundreds gathered at hotel roanoke for the annual black and white this is the 10 year anniversary of the event. it's hosted by the square society....a group of young professionals. there was quite the crowd as people dressed up with masks and their was even someone walking around on stilts. it was all for a good cause. cara price / president of square society 13:03:30 people love this event they travel from all over the state to

southern virginia low fifties will pretty much do it with a twenty percent chance for shower new river valley southwest low to mid forties partly sunny by this afternoon and the highlands greenbrier valley a west virginia 30s and low to mid 40s you first alert wtvj seven day planner nice weather for much friday into the weekend vegan be outside playing football watching super bowl sunday right here wtvj seven gorgeous conditions later monday early tuesday could see a couple rain snow showers moving back into the area doesn't look like a big deal will have to keep an ion because it could affect the morning commute on tuesday they'll ask you what you may making i like chicken wings is you notice in a break-in investigation and more than 100- thousand dollars worth of vandalism in galax. the president of vaughan-bassett furniture company, says someone broke in monday night and poured black stain into their finishing tanks. the cleanup could even longer. the galax city manager says this is the first time he's every seen something this big done to the company. (keith barker, galax city manger) the

so we're going to somewhat political. " trump will be in the new river valley on monday. he will hold a rally at radford university's dedmon center. tickets are already sold ou.ts on the democrat side, hillary clinton could be the first female president in our county's history. but - she faces major challenges - including concerns over the way she sent important emails - and her trustworthiness in the eyes of voters. w-f-x-r's bill wadell takes a closer at clinton's experience. hillary clinton "it is a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back. we're going to build ladders of opportunity in their place far as your hard work can take you."hillary clinton already knows her way around the whitehouse. the former first lady to bill clinton - is making her second bid for the presidency. the 68-year-old grandmother - has served as senator of new york - and worked as lawyer and professor. the yale law graduate - was an attorney on the congressional committe that investigated president nixon. clinton says she will reform campaign finance rules - and set goals for so

and new river valley. this is wfxr news good day virginia in high definition. >>anchor: well, if you have watched our newscast for any length of time. you know we are dedicated here on good day virginia to finding homes for pets. who, you know, need a home. and one way though to make sure there are not too many strays sure your pets are spay and neutered. mountain view wants to make sure everyone can afford pets being spay and neutering. and you have a new campaign. here to tell us about it is corey. this campaign has a bit of the a catchy name. >> it does. we just got done with snowmageddon and now beat the heat. >> anchor: there you go. think about that. >> beat the heat. female cats. when your female cat meows constantly and loves anybody and everything that stands still she is in heat. so we have to make sure she is fixd before she goes into heat. >> anchor: female cat can turnout a number of kittens. >> she can have kittens three times a year. so you figure even if she only has four kittens three times a year. that's a dozen cats. if you were not expecting

people on social media and throughout the new river valley are also remembering lovell by wearing blue or posting this blue ribbon. her dad and friends made their profile pictures of her favorite animal - a panda. the search began for lovell wednesday after her mother reported her missing from her blacksburg home. she left without her daily medication after having a liver transplant. over the weekend the investigation led police to david eisenhauer charged with murder and abduction, and natalie keepers, charged with disposing of a dead body and being an accessory after the fact. her body was found in surry county, north carolina, not far from grayson county. it's now at the medical examiners office in roanoke. josh blankenship: "these teens are just emotionally broken. it's something you don't mccoy funeral home in blacksburg is handling the funeral arrangements. staff there tell me her funeral costs have already been covered and someone from galax paid for flowers. the two accused in her death are due in court march 28th. live in christiansburg, justin ward, wdbj7 with eisenhaur and k

the scattered showers moving across the region right now with the heavy rain into the new river valley. outside of that much quieter as we had just a little while ago. pretty big thunderstorms starting to form up. the weekend a little bit. then reformed as they moved out of the area and see plenty of rain yet to go. a few areas of stronger storms starting to fire up through portions of tennessee. and here we go with the wider outlook. the moderate risk shrunk down and everything shifting further to the east than it was before. but still a pretty big possibility relatively speaking of tornadic activity for the afternoon. this is the damaging wind outlook. certainly the highest category for us as far as our area's concerned and we'll be watching very closely heading on into the afternoon for some of the things will turn much quieter in the next couple of days and remain pretty windy overnight tonight into tomorrow and even still quite breezy on friday and much cooler and well down in 30s for temperatures and start to calm down and rebound as we head through the weekend and by saturday ba

do... at spam.com the new river valley will soon have help. carilion clinic is opening a new wellness center on the corporate resources center at virginia tech. the campus is excited because this should attract more professionals to move and work at the c-r-c, which they say is their goal. the new wellness center will replace another fitness area, but offer much more than just exercise equipment. bud grey/vp of wellness, carilion clinic: "wellness is more than just fitness. so our memberships will include annual free flu shots, the opportunity to have screenings done. that's more about what carilion tries to do in investing in a community." the wellness center will open on april 1st once the space is renovated and brand new equipment can be brought back in. health experts from around the world gathered in washington dc to answer concerns about the zika virus. many say there is growing evidence of a link between the virus and neurological disorders. there are now nearly eighty cases in 21 states, and almost all of them involve people who doctors

essence of the area this is where could become a danger seceding from the mountain impart the new river valley greenbriar and up into rockbridge greenbrier nothing to rockbridge county as well. this is where the because of the elevation they winter in a be a little bit stronger and it's been a feel a little bit colder it is topped out there now feels like single digits to below zero along the mountain chain and even the metro areas were running in at twelve fourteen 1214 range from veronica lynchburg the new river valleys running even colder than that all because the jetstream is migrated in cold air that was in place to the north now has an opportunity to slide down in our region we have no boundaries relate on our doorstep we have this combined flow that is dropping that strong west northwesterly wind into our region and its lights can be cold for so long soak as you look up tomorrow or finding sunshine, that's great over also finding that were not getting much out of the twenties in many locations may be a high temperature thi attracting attention in virginia this week, but it's not touting

almost an inch of snow it's an coming down he saw that where ayman was there in the new river valley this is another picture from top of floyd there in copper hill stacy der were get in some snow there coding the ground and least and i would for some reports of floyd saint this keeps up a couple inches of snow enough to were forecasting for some higher elevations what are elevations not quite that much pair low-pressure system belowits way up here across a great lakes with happening is it is little pinwheels of energy. there's one right there there's another one back here another one back here anything. so just keep moving through over the next couple days does bring some of though snow showers throughout the law most areas does can have some on and off snow showers in the higher elevations especially the greenbrier valley allegheny highlands you know along interstate seventy seven koror get a be in line for that snow over and over again and those of the places that rita be watching to get some of the snow pretty much consistently over the next couple days rain showers out east towar

some snow showers will spill into the highlands and new river valley. the high: 50 dropping throughout the day. friday: mountain snow showers continue with partly sunny skies and gusty winds elsewhere. high near 40. saturday: mostly sunny and cool with a high of 46. sunday: plenty of sun with highs in the low 40s. weather closed captioning acc win yesterday we hear from the hokies.. and a little race going on today called the daytona 500... the day went better for some than it did for others.. we have all that (phongin you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) and it did not lack excitement in it's return. the "great american race" ...a 200 lap... 500 mile adventure that's reputation holds more weight than any otherr rookie chase elliott.. the youngest pole- sitter in the history of the daytona 500 at 20 years old. lived.. the #24 car get

by tuesday night, maybe a few snow flurries in the new river valley. overnight we're in the twenties and we're hopefully going to up just a little bit. get out of this troublesome zone that we're in now. and then tomorrow we're safe as can be. mid forties, upper forties and lower 50s. rain is likely through much of the morning and maybe the early afternoon before we start to see some clearing. and then by wednesday, we should be looking pretty good. showers moving out of the area, and we've got this blast of sunshine in the middle. going to take that temperature high is going to be in the forties. let's check out the next seven days. as we do, we have the impact day for tomorrow's heavy rain and the potential for flooding there. that's a concern. then a nice little easygoing forecast for a couple of days. and then you can see it's a little warmer by friday. saturday, we call that a perfect day. and sunday and monday we'll get back to some sort of normal say si -- normal si. >> we've got a lot of questions from you checking out our facebook and twitter

for sprinkle or flurry better chance a few rain and snow showers as you maker way through the new river valley. tomorrow especially western sections twenties and low thirties is you had out toward the highlands greenbrier valley west virginia accumulating snow continues in the mountains a west virginia tuesday even into wednesday there seven day planner weather impact days today and tomorrow because of that rain snow mix possible on the light and him we quiet down for the rest the we are really cooldown would talk my highs only in the twenties for some overnight lows in the teens and another cool shot either chapter of the spca weather. by staying home. but one place we don't often think about needing constant attention -- even in the snow -- is the spca. the rockbridge spca had some special help in the form of a four- wheel-drive truck they were recently given by a foundation supported by dominion power. photojournalist bruce young learned what happened. lesley swisher: "25 inches of snow at my house." marie atthowe: "um, we got a good 12 to 14 inches at my house" (nat: snowplow) tara rodi: "

dozens of roads throughout the new river valley are icy this morning. the highways are clear but even main roads are slippery. tazewell county and bland county have it the worst right now. a bridge inspection could slow you down on route 220 in botetourt county. expect lane closures in both directions near the bridge over catawba creek, which is just north of fincastle. that's going on from 8-30 this morning to 4-30 this afternoon. workers are fixing guardrails on electric road in roanoke county. the southbound right lane is blocked near the i-81 south ramp for another 45 minutes. this is a live look at i-77 in bland county from a virginia department of transportation camera. traffic was stopped through the big walker mountain moving along fine. some local students are about to begin work on a prototype that could change the way we travel. daniel kimminau is a student at tech and thinks the future of transportation is hyperloop. hyperloop is a transportation system using a near-vacuum tube to propel a passenger- carrying pod at more than 700 miles per h

we could end up tomorrow night having more showers in the new river valley. but this is a storm system that has many faces and many characteristics, but i can tell you right now from the weather deck, the big story is it's slippery out here. >> very slippery and will remain that way through the evening. the other concern is the flood concern. we got a half-inch to an inch of moisture within that snow right now. add another inch for maybe two inches on top of it tomorrow with that heavy rain. that is why we've got that flood concern, and it's just going to be a sloppy mess tomorrow morning if you're going to be trying to travel, which we do not encourage. temperatures for your tuesday reaching the forties, and again, it will gradually go you have as the night goes on. i know it seems wild considering we're only in the twenties right now. rain likely through the first half of the day and then the second half does improve with partly cloudy skies, but still some showers in the higher elevations. partly sunny skies. and look at that. by the weekend, is that true?

in the new river valley duke carte wsls ten. virginia tech students are about to return to flint to retest the city's water after tech researchers exposed exposed those lead levels that far exceeded federal guidelines. nearly a dozen students, part of labeled and packed bottles today in kits for homeowners. three samples will be taken from each of 271 homes. they're the same homes tested in august 2015 where toxic levels of lead were found. marc edwards/virgini a tech "doing this home by home comparison is critical to understanding how much better the situation is now. and we think it is much much better. but you don't know for sure until you sample," the water kits, made up of the trio of bottles and testing instructions, are expected to be distributed march 5. testing should be complete three weeks later. new tonight at 11 ... roanoke valley home sales are off to a positive start for 2016. according to the roanoke valley association of realtors... the number of homes sold in january was the highest number of home sales during