Incumbent Frank Goodpasture came up short.
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Election-related spam text messages deployed on election eve in Southwest Virginia
Here’s what to look out for and what to do if you receive one.
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Roanoke College women’s swim team members take the stage at Trump rally, reignite past controversy
Seven members of the Roanoke College women’s swim team joined former President Donald Trump on stage at his Saturday rally in Salem to issue a statement against the presence of trans women in competitive college sports.
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Republicans attempt to galvanize conservative voters in Virginia on the Saturday before the election
The Trump rally in Salem three days before Election Day has left some scratching their heads as Vice President Kamala Harris leads Virginia by 10 points in recent polls.
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Just a few days before Election Day, the HopeTree conversation is not over
HopeTree Family Services submitted a new rezoning application, and Salem City Council will soon have another public hearing on the controversial rezoning approved in June.
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5th District: McGuire pushes Trump, Witt warns against MAGA
With Bob Good’s defeat in the Republican primary, the 5th District will get a new member of Congress.
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Radford, set to pick two council members, faces financial challenges
The city borrowed $4 million to cover expenses and now must pay off that loan. It’s also set to hire a new city manager.
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Takeaways from a conversation with three of Salem’s candidates for city council
The candidates seemed to all be in favor of transparency, trees and sidewalks. But when HopeTree rezoning was brought up, the opinions differed.
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U.S. Supreme Court sides with Virginia officials, allows purge of ‘noncitizens’ on voter rolls to continue
The decision was handed down on Wednesday, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting.
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Virginia violated federal law, Justice Department tells U.S. Supreme Court
The Department of Justice argued that Virginia officials violated a federal law when it removed 1,600 voters from the rolls following an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The DOJ response came after the state asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay an order by a lower court to return those voters to the rolls.