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the warmer weather has been a welcome change, as the deep freeze of the last few days begins to thaw. while we saw more pavement and better driving conditions, thousands of people in central and western virginia are still dealing with power outages. the storm moved on, and made way for blue skies, bright sun and a beautiful winter landscape. as the ice began to melt, the power outages lingered. applachian power crews were on the job, assessing the damage and attacking the problems they found but the layer of ice brought down many tree limbs and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the area, including roanoke s raleigh court. aleta delaplane: actually at 3:45 we woke up to a transformer exploding. it was big green arc light in the back. it was amazing. it was kind of cool. and then the power went out. and then it came back on. and then it went out again, so i think we ve been without power since 6:45 this morning. 10-thousand people without power in southwest virginia ....
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from the south of the next couple days highs in the sixties by saturday and sunday alayna how long that will stick around and will southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. wdbj7 s christian heilman is here with more on the threat - and who s on alert. hargrave military academy in chatham is under increased security tonight. that threatening message on tuesday. it could be linked to the islamic state. hargrave touts itself premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. it s located in chatham. the school s president says they immediately got in touch with local law enforcement after receiving the message. now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. today, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. they also sent a message to parents. internal security is up at the school tonight. other law enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. there was an open house planned for ....
there were additional officers on campus yesterday as well. classes were not canceled because authorities couldn t verify the threats. a school in southside received a threatening message this week, supposedly from isis. hargrave military academy in chatham got the message on tuesday. hargrave touts itself as america s premier military boarding school primarily for seventh through 12th graders. the school s president says they immediately got in touch with local law enforcement after receiving the message. now, that investigation includes other state and federal agencies. yesterday, the school held assemblies with cadets and employees. they also sent a message to parents. other law enforcement have increased patrols on campus, too. there was an open house planned for this weekend but it s been cancelled. all 247 cadets will be allowed to go home through the weekend if they d like. the president says they ve never faced a situtation like this before. interstate 81 is ....
threat is different, that there are no set of instructions. but they are learning quickly how to defuse and track social media threats. sheriff we take all the threats seriously. first of all we look to see if it s met the threshold of a criminal violation. of which we have the authority to act. sheriff taylor says threats over social media are becoming all too common. sot sheriff sheriff i think law enforcement is doing a much better job at keeping that level, at a level playing field. he is thanking the community for their continued support as officers have increased security around the school and the surrounding area. sheriff they do know it was some type of threat and then to see the cooperation between all of these agencies. chatham hall, located across the way did change their class schedule today because of this threat. officers have picked them leaving anytime soon. danielle staub wdbj7 is set to discuss whether to take more than 21-thousand dollars from c ....