WFIR News Express 11-28-23

According to the latest update from the US Forest Service, the Matts Creek Wildfire in Bedford County is 100 percent contained. State Education officials were in the Star City to get resident input on new accountability measurements for Virginia’s public schools. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently gave Mountain Valley Pipeline crews permission to drill horizontally 24 hours a day, seven days a week - about 50 feet below I-81 in Montgomery County, just north of the Ironto exit. Roanoke City’s Christmas Tree was installed downtown yesterday in anticipation of Friday’s tree lighting. The Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association recently presented Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne Youngkin with a Christmas tree and two wreaths to display in Virginia’s Executive Mansion for the holiday season.