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VDOT prepares to make major changes to Route 460 in Bonsack (opens the original)
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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Department of Transportation is preparing to change several intersections along Route 460 in the Bonsack area of Botetourt and Roanoke counties. The project involves reconfiguring multiple intersections between Blue Hills Village Drive and Avery Row on Route 460, according to Jeremy Bartlett, VDOT Salem District spokesperson. The project will cost $32 million. “Several of the intersections are smaller. The biggest changes are going to happen at the Route 220 Al
Hotel Roanoke Conference Center sold, stage set for sale of full hotel (opens the original)
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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The sale of the Hotel Roanoke Conference Center to the Virginia Tech Foundation was finalized Wednesday. The sale sets the stage for the eventual sale of the entire hotel property. For years, the City of Roanoke and Virginia Tech owned the Conference Center while the Virginia Tech Foundation owned the hotel. The Foundation now owns the entire property and is working to sell it. City leaders said they are optimistic about the hotel’s next chapter. “It continues to be the gat
Bedford County Public Schools weighs additional closing as part of redistricting (opens the original)
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BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Bedford County Public Schools is considering the future closing of an additional elementary school as it works to redraw attendance boundaries amid a decline in student enrollment. Stewartsville Elementary was set to close at the end of last school year, but the school board voted to keep it open after public support for the school. The school is now set to close for good at the end of this school year. The school board is evaluating four plans to consolidate schools
Neighbors concerned about APCO’s plans for small nuclear reactor (opens the original)
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CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Appalachian Power plans to build one of the first Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) in the country in Campbell County, but residents who live near the proposed site have raised concerns about the project. The reactor would be built at the company’s Joshua Falls Substation on Mount Athos Road. The company has not yet determined how many SMRs would be built on the site. Each unit could generate between 300 and 500 megawatts and could power up to 400,000 homes. Pow
Virginia experts concerned about long-term water impact of Google data center (opens the original)
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BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Experts are raising concerns about the long-term impact of Google’s planned Botetourt County data center on the region’s water supply, citing aging infrastructure, drought conditions, and growing demand on Carvins Cove. The facility plans to draw up to 2 million gallons of water per day from the reservoir. That figure could rise to 8 million gallons per day pending approval from the Western Virginia Water Authority, which has said the cove can handle the additional
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