On July 30, 2023 at approximately 9:00 a.m., Roanoke Police were notified of a person with a gunshot wound in the 600 block of King George Avenue SW. Responding officers located an adult male victim inside a vehicle with what appeared to be a critical gunshot wound. Roanoke Fire-EMS personnel arrived and pronounced the victim…… Continue Reading
Virginia Western Community College is now an affiliate Bee Campus. The Xerce Society of Invertebrate Conservation’s Bee Campus USA program works to galvanize campuses to sustain pollinators by providing a healthy habitat rich in variety of native plants and free of pesticides. Every year the school will have to submit a report to show how…… Continue Reading
The Roanoke River Greenway’s “missing link” is missing no longer. Roanoke City and Greenway Commission officials cut the ribbon today on a one-mile section that connects the greenway all the way from southeast Roanoke to Salem, including its longest bridge span over the Roanoke River – almost 300 feet. City Manager Bob Cowell tells us…… Continue Reading
Last Fall, Megan Baker succeeded Jill Loope as the Director of Economic Development for Roanoke County. Earlier this week we heard Baker speaking about the latest new business to open at Tanglewood, and about other planned “town centers,” in the County. Now Megan Baker shares more details about her career and her vision for Roanoke…… Continue Reading
Two people were arrested after disruptions during a Roanoke County School Board meeting that featured discussion regarding new rules about “curricular and noncurricular school and classroom displays.” WFIR’s Clark Palmer has details from last night’s meeting. Roanoke County Public Schools issued the following statement following last night’s school board meeting: One of the core…… Continue Reading
Teachers in several area school systems report for work next week as a new school year gets ready to begin; in many areas, the hallway bells will ring well before Labor Day. And three years after the pandemic struck, schools are still coping with its impacts. In Franklin County, new Superintendent Kevin Siers says the…… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed construction to resume on a contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline had been blocked by the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, even after Congress ordered the project’s approval as part of the bipartisan bill to increase…… Continue Reading
Both major political parties are set to spend many millions of dollars in this year’s General Assembly races, and our political analyst says there is one local contest likely to capture a good portion of that attention — and money. WFIR’s Evan Jones has more: CLICK HERE to learn more about the 4th State Senate…… Continue Reading
Live music offered on a regular basis at the Grandin Theatre became a reality last winter and now a schedule of Fall 2023 concerts has been announced. Changes at the historic movie venue helped make that possible, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: The post Grandin makeover makes live music a better fit for movie theater…… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Northbound Interstate 81 is once again open, but some residual backups may take some time to entirely clear. PREVIOUS:What VDOT calls a “security-police activity” is blocking a portion of northbound Interstate 81 through the Salem area — and creating some major backups. It means all northbound traffic is being taken off the highway at…… Continue Reading