A suspicious looking box found near Lewis-Gale Medical Center Thursday afternoon was, in fact, a remote weather station that had been affixed the tree by an employee and not an explosive device.

 The box, which was constructed with putty and wires, was probed by the Virginia State Police Bomb Squad.

 The bomb squad blew up the device before realizing it was a weather station. An employee had placed a putty-like substance around the box to make it weather proof.

 The investigation is concluded and no criminal charges will be filed.

-- Annie Johnson