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Virginia Tech’s new Clery Act report shows mixed trends in sexual assault reporting (opens the original)
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia Tech’s newest Clery Act report, the federally required annual look at crime on campus, shows a complicated picture when it comes to sexual assault. Reported rapes on the Blacksburg campus dropped from 18 in 2023 to 6 in 2024, then rose slightly to 8 in 2025. Fondling reports also dropped, down to three cases in 2025. But reports of stalking have nearly tripled since 2023, and dating violence reports are climbing as well. Scarlett Williams, a licensed professiona
New Virginia tobacco retailer permit deadline arrives amid application backlog (opens the original)
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RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - Oct. 1 is the deadline for Virginia tobacco retailers to obtain a newly-required permit to sell tobacco products, but backups in the approval process are creating uncertainty for some store owners. The permit stems from a law passed this year in Richmond that transfers tobacco license oversight, including nicotine-based vapes, to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. The goal of the law is to crack down on underage tobacco use. Retailers with an existing ABC li
Grayson County confirms $11 billion data center planned for Wildwood Commerce Park (opens the original)
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GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - For months, it was known only as “Project Lightning.” Grayson County publicly confirmed for the first time that a data center is planned for Wildwood Commerce Park. Grayson County Administrator Stephen Boyer said county leaders decided it was time to inform the public after months of closed-door negotiations. “And when was the decision made to officially announce to the community that Wildwood is going to be a data center? Today,” Boyer said. Boyer said the project i
Grayson County man pays nearly $2,600 in records request fight over data center project (opens the original)
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GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Scott Wagoner, co-owner of The Quick Check convenience store in Independence, has spent months trying to get answers about a project known only as “Project Lightning” after it appeared on a meeting agenda and then disappeared from public view. “There was nothing about Project Lightning. I asked some members of our own board of supervisors, and they had no clue what Project Lightning was. Nobody did,” Wagoner said. Wagoner, who has lived in Grayson County his entire l
Virginia Tech steps up drug safety messaging after Ole Miss student deaths (opens the original)
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Following the deaths of two University of Mississippi students found dead Monday in separate incidents, Virginia Tech’s wellness team is reinforcing safety messaging for students. Investigators say there is no evidence the two deaths are connected, but acknowledged that similarly packaged kratom — a supplement that can produce an opioid-like effect and is sold widely in high concentration at retail stores — was found at both scenes. Authorities say toxicology reports cou
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