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100+ arrests in Roanoke drug crackdown, Google data center meeting & Virginia Tech lawsuit — Roanoke Valley’s Morning News 6/11/26

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Today’s Roanoke Valley’s Morning News covers Operation Combined Resolve, a major multi-agency law enforcement effort that led to more than 100 arrests and nearly $2 million in drugs seized across the Roanoke Valley. We also report on a lawsuit challenging Governor Spanberger’s removal of a Virginia Tech Board of Visitors leader, a community open house on Google’s proposed Botetourt County data center, and Roanoke police investigations into recent shootings. Plus a local book fair and swap, a debate over Roanoke’s feather flag ordinance, the Excel Center’s workforce training efforts, healthcare pricing transparency issues, a major parks investment at Eureka Recreation Center, World Cup excitement in Roanoke, local weather, the Stanley Cup Final, the NBA Finals, and more sports from across the Roanoke Valley and Virginia.

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