WFIR News Express 1-30-24

As the United States mulls its response to the first deaths of US troops in the region since the start of the Israeli-Hamas conflict, a Virginia Tech professor who also researches new policies for conflict resolution, says restraint may be the order of the day. Roanoke City officials are concerned with the number of drivers cited in school zones during a recent week-long initiative. 15 protestors gathered yesterday at Wells Fargo Bank in Blacksburg and demanded the bank pull funding from the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. Protestors say they don’t want to see the pipeline impact the Appalachian Trail and other natural wonders. Sticking with energy -- Liquified Natural Gas - or LNG - has an uncertain future in the United States. Virginia's First Lady Suzanne Youngkin will be in Roanoke this morning along with Attorney General Jason Miyares, to unveil a Fentanyl Awareness Pilot Program and a new website, "It Only Takes One V-A dot-com."