WSLS-TV is a television station licensed to Roanoke,Virginia,United States,serving the Roanoke–Lynchburg market as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Graham Media Group,the station maintains studios on Fifth Street in Roanoke,and its transmitter is located on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County. It is the third-oldest continuously operating station in Virginia,behind Richmond's WTVR-TV and Norfolk's WTKR,as well as the state's oldest station west of Richmond.
WDBJ is a television station licensed to Roanoke,Virginia,United States,serving as the CBS affiliate for the Roanoke–Lynchburg market. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Danville-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ,channel 24. WDBJ and WZBJ share studios on Hershberger Road in northwest Roanoke;through a channel sharing agreement,the two stations transmit using WDBJ's spectrum from an antenna on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County.
WFXR is a television station licensed to Roanoke,Virginia,United States,serving as the Fox affiliate for the Roanoke–Lynchburg market. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Lynchburg-licensed CW station WWCW. The two stations share studios at the Valleypointe office park on Valleypoint Parkway in northeastern Roanoke County;WFXR's transmitter is located on Poor Mountain in southwestern Roanoke County. WWCW broadcasts WFXR's Fox programming from its transmitter on Thaxton Mountain in Bedford County as one of its subchannels and vice versa.
Salem High School is a public high school in Salem,Virginia. It is the sole high school for the City of Salem public school system.
The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke,Virginia,United States. It is published by Lee Enterprises. In addition to its headquarters in Roanoke,it maintains a bureau in Christiansburg,covering the eastern New River Valley and Virginia Tech.
Salam "Sam" Rasoul is an American politician serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 38th district. He is one of the two Muslim members of the Virginia General Assembly. In November 2020,Rasoul announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2021. Despite a significant fundraising advantage,Rasoul placed 2nd in the Democratic primary losing to Hala Ayala by a 64,352 votes.
Benjamin Lee Cline is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 24th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2018.
Robin Reed was a former lead news anchor and chief meteorologist at WDBJ-DT in Roanoke,Virginia for over 40 years until his retirement in December 2022.
Joseph R. Yost is an American politician. A Republican,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He represented the 12th district from 2012 to 2018. Yost was indicted for embezzlement charges in January 2022.
Charles Matthew Fariss is an American politician. An Independent,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011,though he was a Republican at the time,having left the party in 2023. He represented the 59th district,made up of Appomattox County and Buckingham counties,and parts of Albemarle,Campbell,and Nelson counties between Charlottesville and Lynchburg.
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 of commerce,when all three were attacked by a gunman in a mass shooting. Parker,age 24,and Ward,age 27,died at the scene,while Gardner survived.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8,2016,to elect a U.S. representative from each of Virginia's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as House of Representatives elections in other states,U.S. Senate elections and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 14.
The 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election was held on Tuesday,November 7. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were contested. The Republican Party held a 66–34 majority in the House of Delegates before the election but lost 15 seats to the Democratic Party,resulting in the Republicans holding a 50–49 advantage.
Virginia's 24th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates,the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 24 represents the cities of Buena Vista and Lexington;counties of Bath and Rockbridge;and parts of Amherst and Augusta counties. Benjamin L. Cline held this seat until his 2018 election to Virginia's 6th congressional district. In a Republican firehouse primary,Rockbridge supervisor Ronnie Campbell won the Republican nomination by one vote. Christian Worth won the Democratic nomination. Campbell won the special election December 18.,and held the seat for nearly four years until his death on December 13,2022. Ellen Campbell was elected in a 2023 special election to succeed her husband.
Denver Lee Riggleman III is an American businessman and former politician from Virginia who served one term as the United States representative for Virginia's 5th congressional district. A former Air Force officer and National Security Agency contractor,Riggleman opened a craft distillery in Virginia in 2014. As a Republican,he ran for his party's nomination in the 2017 gubernatorial election,but withdrew from the race. Riggleman was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018. Riggleman was defeated in his bid for reelection in 2020,losing to Republican primary challenger Bob Good in a drive-through party convention. Riggleman co-authored a book with Hunter Walker titled The Breach,which was published in October 2022. The book detailed his work on the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.
Ronnie Ray Campbell was an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates,first elected in a special election in 2018. Campbell represented the 24th district comprising Rockbridge and Bath Counties,parts of Amherst and Augusta Counties,and the independent cities of Lexington and Buena Vista.
The 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next lieutenant governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was eligible to run for a second term,but instead unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. On November 3,Hala Ayala conceded the race,making Republican Winsome Sears the first black woman to be elected to the lieutenant governorship of Virginia or any statewide office,as well as the first woman elected lieutenant governor in Virginia's history. Sears was also the first Jamaican-American to become a lieutenant governor.
Wendell Scott Walker is an American politician. Since 2020,he has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 52nd district,consisting of the city of Lynchburg and part of Campbell County.
The 2021 Virginia attorney general election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring attempted to win a third term. Herring initially planned to run for governor,but decided to run for re-election. Herring faced Republican nominee Jason Miyares in the general election. Herring conceded defeat at 5:02 PM EST the following day,November 3. Miyares became the first Cuban-American and Hispanic to be elected to statewide office in Virginia. Miyares was later sworn in on January 15,2022.
Jason Ballard is an American politician and attorney who is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 42nd district. Elected to the 12th district seat in November 2021,Ballard assumed office on January 12,2022.
