Process is a binder full of environmental. Seismic. And geological tests that must be completed. The land must also have a certain wastewater and electrical capacity. While this process costs money. It catches the eyes of potential tenants. Ken mcfayden, blue ridge crossroads eda that saves companies time in making the decision as to whether the site is ready. It saves them cost, and it reduces risk. The goal is to fill these patches of land with 450 workers. And 250 Million Dollars of investment. C. M. Mitchell, galax mayor the Wildwood Park allows us to raise the economic level for everyone that lives in the area. This project is a partnership between grayson and carroll counties. And the city of galax. Each will get an equal share of tax revenue. Interest has increased fourfold since the land was deemed ready for building. A welcome sign of a coming harvest. Ken mcfayden, blue ridge crossroads eda just the promise of delivering greater Economic Prosperity to our manufacturing and di
Find out that theres gunshot in your neighborhood and nobody really knows whats going on. It definitely put some fear in you. Its a little scary neighbors say this is typically a safe area. Police have not named the suspect at this time. Police were in the delray neighborhood early friday morning talking to neighbors and gathering information which assisted in their investigation. The town of blacksburg joins several other localities, including roanoke and montgomery county, in banning the box on job applications. That means the town will no longer ask about criminal history when considering candidates. Wsls 10s rob manch explains why the town is taking this step. Blacksburg mayor ron rordam says the concern here is that as soon as someone reviewing applications sees a felony conviction, they might toss it aside. Now, they wont have that information to consider when looking at candidates. 888vo888 town attorney Larry Spencer says it wont create any safety concerns, because applicants w
Alive tonight after his mobile home exploded in flames while he was inside. He has third degree burns over most of his body. Wsls 10s Colter Anstaett spoke to the neighbor who pulled the man to safety. This morning, Lillie Paige Arnold and her husband were at 71 graham park drive trying to salvage what is left after the mobile home was destroyed by a fire saturday morning. Lillie and her husband own the trailers in the mobile home park. Lillie paige arnold propert y owner we gonna clean it up. We aint going to put nothing back here. The Fire Marshals Office says the fire broke out around 9 30 a. M. When the man who lives there, william meredith, lit a cigarette while on home oxygen. Lisa garrett assista nt fire marshal he set himself on fire which then, of course, set the trailer on fire. Timothy bryant lives next door and was working nearby when he and another neighbor heard the explosion. Timothy bryant vo, no phoner graphic here i got off the ladder, jumped in my vehicle, and went d
At les cheveux tonight. Harrington was here as well continuing the work shes done since her daughters death more than 6 years ago. Harrington started the organization after matthew allegedly murdered her she said she needed time before going on camera, but was the phone. She says finally closing the book on this case would be family. Gil harrington, morgan harringtons mother we have spent six and a half years pushing the stone up the hill to find justice for morgan and anticipating another years worth of motions hearings and a big trial was not something weve been looking forward to. Were getting tired. At this point the commonwealths attorney isnt releasing any actual details of that plea agreement until matthew appears in court on wednesday. Coming up on your wsls 10 at 11. Well hear reaction from the family of Alexis Murphy who was killed in 2013. Her working tirelessly since then to try and prevent these tragedies from ever happening again. In roanoke, rob manch wsls 10. Roanoke co
WATCH LIVE: Looking ahead to your holiday weekend forecast | Appcast wsls.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsls.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.