Giles County

Updated: 8:46 p.m.     A person is flown to the hospital after a head-on crash in Giles County earlier this evening.     It happened just before 6:00pm, on Route 460 in the Pembroke area.     Virginia State Police tell WDBJ7 a person lost control of...

Scientists say there is no link between a controversial natural gas drilling technique and the Virginia earthquake that rattled the East Coast in August. “Let’s be very clear: fracking did not cause the Virginia earthquake,” said...

VDOT says normal operations have resumed on this roadway. ------------------------------------ An accident is causing delays for drivers on Route 460 in Giles County . Authorities say an overturned tractor trailer has closed both westbound lanes and...

For the first time in over a century, a rare, and strong earthquake shook the eastern United States in August, rattling buildings and nerves. Since earthquakes are uncommon in Virginia, the 5.8 magnitude earthquake left many stunned. It's WDBJ's...

UPDATE Tuesday 11:00 a.m.: A Pembroke man has been charged with shooting another man in the face Monday. Walter Lee Jones Jr. is being held at the New River Valley Regional Jail without bond. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. Monday. Jones has...

A southwest Virginia musician will be rubbing elbows with some of music's biggest names at the Grammys. D.J. Cox is a guitarist from Pulaski County. His band was recently nominated for a Grammy. News7 caught up with the musician when he returned home...

Saturday is National Prescription Drug Takeback Day, and several hometowns in our area are participating. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, about 377,000 pounds of prescription drugs were turned in across the country during the last...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Civil-liberties groups are suing a southwest Virginia school board for posting the Ten Commandments, contending that the display violates the Constitution's guarantee of separation of church and state.  The American Civil...

Tuesday will bring two Republican primaries in Central and Western Virginia: elections in the 21st Senate District that stretches from Roanoke to Giles County, and the new 22nd Senate District that runs from Lynchburg and Amherst County all the way to the...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred around 1:51 p.m. 41 miles NW or Richmond, Virginia and 83 miles south-west of Washington D.C. Initial reports indicate the capitol building and pentagon were evacuated. The quake could be felt as far as West Michigan,...

There were no hurricane concerns in Southwest Virginia on Saturday, so about 200 people loaded into boats and set out on the New River. Lurking under the water and behind the brush, is something unwelcome. "It's pretty bizarre what's on the bottom...

A Valentines hike nearly eight years ago resulted in a passion for one Roanoke couple for walking in the woods, along streams, and up mountains.  Kurt and Gail Rheinheimer discovered hiking is a key to their happiness. On a cool early October Saturday...