The what3words app, which works with Google and Apple Maps, simplifies GPS coordinates into easy-to-remember words.

Roanoke County broke ground on a new multi-million dollar fire station Thursday.

ROANOKE, Va – A string of fires in abandoned homes, like these, is leading Roanoke firefighters to brush up on their skills to make sure they are ready to respond to any situation. It’s been an unusually busy few days for firefighters across the Roanoke Valley from knocking down kitchen fire before they spread to putting out flames torching abandoned homes. Roanoke City Fire and EMS crews responded to two different vacant homes on fire in the city, not even a day apart. AdFire crews from across the region spent the day Tuesday helping their new recruits train for similar scenarios. Since agencies from different localities typically team up to fight fires, training together makes their response even more seamless.