Candidates have scheduled events in our state before the march 1st. Primary. Donald trump will take part in regent universitys president ial candidate series on wednesday. Ben carson will also be at that series next monday. Todays event with john kasich starts at 6 30 p. M. Super tuesday is close and that means several deadlines are coming up for voters who want to participate. Since you can vote absentee in primaries, the deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot is tomorrow at 5pm. The deadline to vote absentee in person is february 27th. You can only vote in one Political Party primary election when multiple Party Primaries are held on the same day. Voting Officials Say make sure your voter details are correct now. Andrew cochran city of roanoke director of elections you can go to electionsdot virginiadot gov and in the upper lefthand corner is a red box that says citizen portal you can go in, put in your information and it will pull up your correct Voter Registration information
Work scheduled for interchange project postponed because of the weather. Vdot announced that lane closures would be put in place from tonight until to 6 tomorrow morning for the northbound lanes of interstate 58. Exit 3c off i 581 was also scheduled to be closed for three vdot says it will reschedule the work. New at noon david bowers will not run for congress. Seeking the nomination for the 9th district congressional seat, which is currently held by republican morgan griffith. Bowers says he decided not to run, because he couldnt overcome the thought of representing a district where he doesnt live. He announced in november that he would not run for re election as mayor of roanoke. Instead, he says he plans to re open his law practice fulltime. The murder trial for Demetrius Wade is scheduled to start today in roanoke. He is charged with two counts of murder, after a shooting on shenandoah avenue in january of last year. Two men died in that shooting, and four others got hurt. Another
The heavy freezing rain added weight to the limbs and power lines last night causing a lot of damage. There are still thousands of people in the dark this evening and appalachian power continues to work hard on restoring it as soon as possible. Rising rivers and creeks are also a concern with the rapid snow melt and the heavy rain from last night. As you can see behind me, tinker creek is moving at a swift pace. Reporting live from roanoke alan auglis wsls10. Crews in roanoke city faced flooding for the morning commute and worked to remove fallen trees and downed power lines throughout the afternoon. Wsls tens Erin Brookshier has a look at some of the cleanup as temperatures warm up and the snow continues to melt, many people are spending today assessing the damage from this mornings ice storm. Throughout the morning, drivers faced dozens of street closures, from fallen trees and downed power lines, like this one on williamson road. Iris kaltenbaugh started her s uv to get it warmed up
Fire crews are using everything from chainsaws, extra engines, manpower. Department whether its fighting fire, ems calls, car accidents. Everything in our job is demanding one way or another so, you come to work knowing you could be working all day and all night long. Thats the price we pay for the job we do. All the help they can get. Because theyre trying to clean up the roads as quick as they can work. Crews have been out since 8 am and since we last checked clean up trucks are still working in southwest roanoke. Christina, i understand crews have received a number of work calls. Will these crews plan to continue clearing trees tomorrow . Yes, crews will continue to work into the evening and resume in roanoke, christina craig, wsls10. Danville utility crews have been working all day to restore power to the roughly 750 people in the city who lost power as a result of yesterdays storm. Crews spent much of the day replacing a utility pole in the 3hundred block of kennon road. A tree in
Booth says before crews get chopping, first he appraises the damage. Going to their homes it can vary from anywhere from damage. Going to their homes it can vary from anywhere from 15 to fortyfive minutes. It all depends on the damage. Once booth gets a quote. Which can run up to onethousand dollars, crews come out to to work. We had big branches fall and you just have to get out and get it into small pieces where you can manage it. And get it into piles where you can manage the piles. Booth says crews are dealing with scattered tree limbs and some even weighing on homes. Its a clean up process that can take several hours. Many clean up crews have been out since 8 this morning. Booth says in total, he appraised nearly 20 homes. Was able to clear half that and will continue working into the evening and will resume work tomorrow. In roanoke, christina craig, the Better Business bureau urges you use caution before hiring someone to clean up your storm damage. The group says. Scammers ofte