The contractor will NOT have to re-lay it, however. Some finish work still has to be done. So the state doesn't know yet when the ramp will be ready for use. Wall Street continued its recent slide today. Roanoke Fire Officials say an electrical problem is to blame for an aparment house fire last Sunday.
Authorities are still unable to pinpoint the nature of the electrical malufunction.
Eight people including several small children were inside when the fire started at 14-05 Campbell. Officials in the Gilmore administration are looking into complaints of racism on state boards, but the Governor says he hasn't seen any evidence of racial bias. Recent complaints have come from Gerald Glenn, Director of Virginia's Department of Juvenile Justice following a dispute with board members, and from Reverend Rufus Adkins after the Corrections Board elected an all- white slate of officers. Adkins is also a member of the Social Services Board, but he had no comment today in Roanoke after three white members were elected to leadership positions. Adkins says he won't speak publicly until he meets with Governor Gilmore's Chief of Staff.