Botetourt County

Virginia Western to offer free dual enrollment courses to high school students next year

Virginia Western Community College has announced that it will offer dual enrollment (college credit) courses at public high schools for free beginning in the 2013-14 school year. According to a news release, this could save students and families...

Tags: Roanoke County, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia)

Earn college credits while in high school

Multimedia Journalist

Virginia Western to offer free dual enrollment courses at area high schools. Students will receive transferrable college credits while earning their high school diplomas. Virginia Western Community College announces that it will offer dual enrollment...

Tags: Roanoke County, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia)

Students get inside look at hybrid energy car

Associate Producer

They don't even have their drivers license yet, but today some students in Botetourt County got a lesson on hybrid vehicles. The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team at Virginia Tech visited Read Mountain Middle School. Students got to tour the team's first...

Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles, Virginia Tech, Services and Shopping, Fuel-efficient Vehicles

Mystery of booms heard Monday night in Botetourt County solved

WDBJ7 Anchor/Reporter

The mystery of loud "booms" in Botetourt County has been solved. On Tuesday night, dozens of you contacted WDBJ7 by phone and our Facebook page wondering what was generating loud noises in the Troutville area. We looked into your reports. Botetourt...

UPDATE: Virginia State Police identify man killed in Route 460 crash in Botetourt County

Virginia State Police have identified the man killed Thursday night in an accident on Route 460 in Botetourt County. Stephen Morris of Buchanan died in the wreck. He was 30. Investigators say around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Morris was driving the wrong...

Tags: Accidental Death

UPDATE: Tractor-trailer fire cleared from I-81 North in Botetourt County

The accident has been cleared. Traffic was backed up to three miles at one point. ============================= 8:40 a.m.: A tractor-trailer fire is causing delays on Interstate 81 in the Arcadia part of Botetourt County. The fire is near mile...

Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation

Meet Brent Watts

E-Mail Brent   Follow Brent On:  Blog | Facebook | Twitter A native of Botetourt County, Brent Watts grew up watching Your Hometown News Leader, so it seemed only fitting that WDBJ7 was his only choice when searching for his first job in television. ...

Tags: Weather, Weather Reports, Weather Science, Old Dominion University

Massive transformer moved in Botetourt County, all to help keep the lights on

WDBJ7 Reporter

Transformers help power your homes. Appalachian Power gets them by train from Waukaushau, Wisconsin. Only a few substations can take train deliveries, so sometimes AEP has to move them between substations. You may have been stuck in traffic Thursday...

Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation, Appalachian Power Company

UPDATE: Route 11 in Botetourt County is back open

  UPDATE: The tractor trailor accident is now cleared. Route 11 is back open. --------------------------------------------------------------- Route 11 in Troutville is completely shut down right now.    That's in Botetourt County.    The...

Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation

NY man charged after leading troopers on 40-mile chase on I-81

A New York man was arrested Sunday after leading Virginia State Troopers on a 46-mile chase on Interstate 81. The chase started around 10:35 a.m. Sunday at mile marker 160 in Botetourt County when radar detected a 2003 Ford Ranger traveling at 87 mph in...

Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes

Farms in western Virginia cope with winter weather

Reporter

Winter weather can be a mixed blessing for many of us, certainly for folks on the farm.   Cold temperatures require more feed for livestock. High winds and harsh conditions can be tough on workers, but farmers in southwestern Virginia have been happy to...

Tags: Weather, Weather Reports

UPDATE: Tractor-trailer accident cleared on I-81 South in Botetourt County

According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, the accident has been cleared. ------------------ 1:52 p.m. update: According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, traffic is backed up three miles. ------------------ 12:50 p.m.:...

Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation