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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom...... With still no moisture across the region the fire danger remains high.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your complete forecast coming up in just a few moments.
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Firefighters are battling a brush fire this morning along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Pogues Mill Area of Roanoke County.
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Joe Dashiell joins us now with an update.
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Forestry officials say now is a "critical" time for the threat of forest fires.
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[SUPER=03-Campbell Co./October 25]
Dry conditions have contributed to dozens of brush fires like this one that scorched nearly 300 acres in Appomattox County last month.
Foresters are also concerned about thousands of hunters heading into the woods for deer season.
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((ASHER ELLIOTT/VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: EVERYTHING IS EXTREMELY DRY. WE HAVEN'T HAD RAIN FOR MONTHS IT SEEMS LIKE AND IT'S A COMBINATION.. MAINLY IT'S A CUMULATIVE EFFECT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN BEHIND IN RAINFALL AND IT'S ALL ADDING UP RIGHT NOW AND STACKING UP ON US.))
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The Forestry Department reminds hunters the statewide burning ban remains in effect and campfires are not allowed in the woods.
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A Henry County man accused of killing his best friend has been found guilty of a lesser charge.
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George Lincoln Hopkins was charged with first degree murder for killing Larry Thomas Bennett last March.
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Prosecutors said Hopkins stabbed Bennett 51 times with a piece of glass from a broken coffee table during a fight.
The defense argued Hopkins was drunk and that it was therefore not premediated.
The jury agreed and found Hopkins guilty of second- degree murder.
The jury recommended a 40 year sentence.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for January.
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom...... The dry weather continues today with high winds and cooler temperatures.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner will have your complete forecast coming up in just a few moments.
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What began as a two- acre fire on the Blue Ridge Parkway has escalated into a large brush fire in the Pogues Mill area of Roanoke County.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Kim /Joe Microwave;]
Joe Dashiell is live in Roanoke County with an update.
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A federal judge will now have to decide whether long-time drug informant Mike Fulcher could have genuinely believed he had D-E-A approval to conduct his own under-cover investigation at Bland Prison.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
D-E-A Agent Don Lincoln said he didn't authorize it... didn't HAVE the authority and didn't SEEK such authority.
Nonetheless, Fulcher's lawyers say Fulcher's past experience with Lincoln and other law enforcement agents led Fulcher to believe there was IMPLIED ratification of his actions.
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[IN Q=Every unimpeachable]
((EVERY UNIMPEACHABLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE AGAINST MR. FULCHER AND HIS MOTHER CAME FROM MR. FULCHER AND HIS MOTHER, AND THEY VOLUNTARILY TURNED IT OVER. EITHER THEY REALLY WANTED TO GO TO JAIL REAL BAD, OR HE WAS WORKING THIS CASE WITH THE INTENTION THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATE.))
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Two years ago Fulcher was found by a federal jury to be the head of a drug and money- laundering scheme at Bland Prison.
He remains in prison on state charges while the judge decides whether to grant Fulcher, his mother, and his ex-wife a new trial.
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Roanoke County supervisor Harry Nickens is staying put, at least for now.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Last Week]
The Vinton board member was one of three finalists for a college president's job in Alabama.
But he didn't get it.
Nickens was re-elected on Tuesday, a few days after his job search became public.
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[8Wx-Headline]
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Good morning, I'm Kimberly McBroom...... Plenty of sunshine today, but dry weather and windy conditions keep the danger of fire high.
Meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner has your complete forecast coming up after the news.
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Firefighters are battling a brush fire this morning along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Pogues Mill Area.
And the Dry weather and windy conditions aren't making it easy
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;]
The flames can be seen for miles away in Southwest Roanoke County.
Fire officials say the blaze began on the parkway, then quickly spread to a wider area.
Nearly a dozen residents have been evacuated so far.
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Authorities say the dry, windy conditions are making their battle against the flames even tougher.
Fire officials say 40 people are on working the blaze, and the Department of Forestry is assisting.
A command post has been set up at the Back Creek Fire Station.
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Fire has left one Roanoke family without a home.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
Firefighters were called to the blaze on Clinton Avenue around six thirty last night.
When they arrived, the back side of the home was engulfed in flames.
The couple who live in the house escaped with their pets.
The amount of damage has not yet been determined.
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Investigators say a child playing with matches started a fire in Danville last night.
Two people inside the home on Leemont Court were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
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Blacksburg Transit needs your helping filling up a bus.
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Officials want to fill this one with unwrapped new toys, clothing and food donations.
The vehicle is parked on the Virginia Tech drillfield today from 9 to 8-pm.
Everything inside is going to the Christmas Store.
The store provides items for the needy in Montgomery County during the holidays.
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((DONETTA SNIDER/BT CUSTOMER ADVOCATE; IT'S A WAY OF LOCAL PEOPLE TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY I KNOW WITH THE SEPTEMBER 11TH INCIDENT PEOPLE KIND OF FEEL DRAINED RIGHT NOW BUT THIS A WAY TO GET TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.))
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Snider says they also may park the bus in downtown Blacksburg to help fill it up.
This is the first year for stuff-a-bus.
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