News on the future of catawba hospital. Jean, the new budget proposals confirm what we heard last week, that keep the Mental Health facility open, at least for now. Proposals strip the funding that governor mcauliffe had proposed, to begin the process of closing the hospital in roanoke county. Lawmakers did call for a study of Psychiatric Services for geriatric patients, to be completed year. Roanoke county supervisor Martha Hooker says she is pleased catawba hospital will remain open for now, but doesnt view it as a permanent victory. Martha hooker r catawba supervisor i think that Mental Health care is changing. And were going to have to adapt to that, but this does give us a reprieve and we can gather our resources together and study, and most of all just take care of our Mental Health patients. Thats what we need. Passenger rail is another issue that received attention in the two budget proposals. Both plans include language designed to protect funding for the extension of Passenge
Get into the Higher Elevations towards the mountains where there is a light bit of snow which was been trying to stick in amherst and nelson counties. If youre traveling up highway 29 toward charlottesville, the road will be wet. There is slow going right now along interstate 81 near blacksburg. This is very heavy snow and that is causing low visibility near interstate 81 near blacksburg and roanoke. Use caution if youre traveling this weekend. Temperatures are above freezing for most of us. 34 in lynchburg. Above freezing in blacksburg. Danner and one of the areas expected to see some of that snow overnight is craig county. Tonight if they need to. They pretreated the roads. Pretreated. Many residents are taking this next round of winter in stride. A snow day. Aint nothing we can do about it. It aint going to be no worse that be what weve already had. Danner vdot crews say be patient. They may have trouble getting to all of the roads quickly. And we are keeping you up to date on this
Mother and daughter. Who havent been seen since thursday night. Have been found safe in cumberland, pennsylvania. According to police. 33year old cere lewis and her 9 yearold daughter sesha hill were found safe late friday night. Their family was worried and said it was highly unusual that lewis took off. Family members say lewis would never let sesha miss school. Its not known why lewis and her daughter were in pennsylvania. In other news around virginia. A richmond man and researcher at the college of william and mary is arrested on child pornography charges. Police arrested 46yearold Michael Wilson friday afternoon. Hes charged with four felony counts of possession of child pornography. According to the schools website. Wilson is a Research Biologist at the center for conservation biology. Hes being held at the virginia virginia lawmakers fail to ban the specific use of smartphone apps while driving. This. After members of the house of delegates postponed debate on a bill until 20 1
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
Anything can help us at this point. Reporter if she doesnt get her medication, she could do permanent damage to her body or even call her body to reject her liver. Blacksburgs pd 540961115 0. Or people can call anonymously 5409611819. Daner . Dan dan we have that picture on our web site at web web and we also have it posted on our staition facebook fan page. Share it so others can see it again. A judge called it the most violent murder that linkedin has seen. The man behind it come to knack voss will spend the rest of his life in prison. The 24yearold was arrested after a manhunt for shooting and killing shawn moss. Moan moan was in the court room as that sentence came down and mona, it got pretty tense in there. Reporter daner, the situation in the court room immediately changed once the within minutes, dominic moss went from apologizing to the family of shawn moss to threaten to shoot the commonwealth Deputy Attorney in the face. [sirens] reporter a brutal murder on a quiet street. [