Giles County

Former Mountain Lake Hotel of Dirty Dancing fame changes name, boasts updates

WDBJ7 Reporter

Our next story is about a place that used to be called "Mountain Lake Hotel.”  It is probably best known for the film "Dirty Dancing." For lots of folks around Southwest Virginia, the new Mountain Lake Lodge in Giles County is best known as the...

Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Entertainment Events, Music

Several areas participating in National Drug Take Back event on April 27

Several areas in the WDBJ7 viewing area are taking part in National Drug Take Back day April 27. The events run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event allows the public to get rid of potentially dangerous expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs. The...

Tags: Roanoke County, Blacksburg, Salem (Salem, Virginia), Radford (Radford, Virginia), CVS Corp.

Spring snow brings slick roads

The spring snowstorm that surprised western Virginia Thursday is also making travel difficult throughout the region. Mulitple accidents have been reported in the New River Valley.  A van overturned in the eastbound lanes of US 460 Thursday afternoon...

Thirteen new sites added to the Virginia Landmarks Register

The Department of Historic Resources announced the addition of 13 new historic sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register on Thursday. New listings among the 13 include sites in the counties of Amherst, Bath, Giles, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, and...

Tags: Christianity, Credit and Debt, Anglicanism, Arts and Culture, Transportation

UPDATE: Number of Appalachian Power customers without power at 95,000 in Virginia

WDBJ7 Reporter

2:25 p.m. update: There are about Appalachian Power 95,000 customers without power. -------------------------------- Noon update: There are still 107,000 Appalachian Power customers without power in Virginia. Appalachian Power says the outages...

Tags: Roanoke County, Smyth County, Bland County, Montgomery County (Virginia), Appalachian Power Company

TRAFFIC ROUNDUP: VDOT asks drivers to avoid I-77N in Carroll County; VDOT encourages drivers to avoid travel

WDBJ7 Reporter

INTERSTATE 77 2:30 p.m. update, from VDOT: The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews with help from today’s sunshine have cleared many snow and ice covered roads across the state.  The hardest hit area remains in the Bristol region...

Tags: Floyd County, Salem (Salem, Virginia), Carroll County (Virginia), Bristol (Bristol, Virginia), Salt

UPDATE: About 280 students absent from Giles County schools on first day back to class following online article

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According to the Giles County School Board, there are 280 students absent Thursday across all five county schools. School officials say the number of students absent is not terribly out of the ordinary. There were around 240 students absent in all...

Tags: Colorado Movie Theater Shooting, Teachers, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Teaching and Learning, Students

UPDATED Mundy announces layoffs in Giles County

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A company official says 123 employees of Mundy Support Services will be laid off by the end of this year.  That is when the company's contract with Celanese expires. Mundy provides maintenance and operations support at the Narrows plant.  It is likely...

Tags: Unemployment, Employees, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace

Route 100 in Giles County to close Monday for tractor-trailer crash clean-up

Route 100 in Giles County will be closed for about two hours today as crews clean up from a tractor-trailer accident that happened Monday. Route 100 will be closed between Route 692 (Big Rock Road) and Route 42. The Virginia Department of...

Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation

Virginia Tech students carry paraplegic classmate on four-mile hike in Giles County

Virgina Tech: Ut Prosim - The Ultimate Hokie from virginiatech on Vimeo. GILES COUNTY, Va. --  Hiking the Cascades in Giles County is quintessential to life in Southwest Virginia. So many of us have taken in the views at the top, but for one...

Tags: Education, Virginia Tech, Teaching and Learning, Students

UPDATE: Several local voters still in line waiting to vote

According to the Virginia State Board of Elections, voters in Giles County, Montgomery County, and the City of Roanoke are still in line voting. ------------------------------ One of the busiest voting districts in the area has been in Roanoke. It's...

Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Elections, William Byrd, Politics, Montgomery County (Virginia)

WDBJ7 goes one-on-one with Congressman Morgan Griffith

In our Election 2012 coverage, we focus on the 9th Congressional District.  It is located in the southwestern portion of the state and it includes Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd and Craig Counties and parts of Henry and Roanoke Counties. Incumbent 9th...

Tags: Virginia General Assembly, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), White House, Career and Workplace, Biofuels