With opening week of the Salem Fair in the rear view, and one more week to go — The Fair’s manager is giving updates on the Nation’s largest free gate fair. WFIR’s Emma Thomas has details: The post Officials give updates as Salem Fair enters its second week first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3…… Continue Reading
Virginia’s most tech-savvy U.S. Senator took time to discuss A-I and how it’s emerged within the last year. WFIR’s Ian Price has more. CLICK HERE to see the Chat GPT response to “Where did Mark Warner make his money?” The post Chat GPT, and the like “burst into everyone’s mindset” first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading
Believe it or not, according to iSeecars.com, yellow, orange and green vehicles depreciate the least in the Roanoke Valley while more common vehicles in white, gray and black depreciate more quickly. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports: The post Color shock: which color vehicles depreciate the least in the valley first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM &…… Continue Reading
Half-way through 2023, Roanoke Valley home sales are lower in number than the year before — but the average sales price keeps rising. For the first five months of the year, the number of valley homes sold was down about 19% from 2022 while the average sales price rose about 5%. Realtors say while the…… Continue Reading
Updated on July 1st: The victim has been identified as Christopher Illes Csorba, 33 years old of Roanoke. The cause of death is still under investigation. Mr. Csorba was last seen alive in the area of Walnut Avenue in Roanoke. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone with information on recent interactions with Mr. Csorba,…… Continue Reading
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling Thursday banning affirmative action in college admissions. The Thomas Jefferson High School for…… Continue Reading
Hundreds of new laws take effect July 1, including House Bill 1702, the “Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act”, which requires landlords to give renters advance notice before raising the rent. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports. The post New law taking effect requires advance notice for rent hikes first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3…… Continue Reading
Hundreds of new laws take effect July 1, including House Bill 1702, the “Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act”, which requires landlords to give renters advance notice before raising the rent. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports. The post New law to take effect requires advance notice for rent hikes first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM &…… Continue Reading
The death of a former Olympic medalist and track star last month who was expecting at the time has put the spotlight on the risks to expectant mothers caused by several conditions related to high blood pressure. A local OBG-YN physician and associate professor at the Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine spoke this week with…… Continue Reading
Many workers in Virginia who lost their jobs after citing religious grounds in refusing COVID vaccines may now have stronger grounds to seek legal recourse, the result of a unanimously ruling Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court. The case in question has nothing directly to do with COVID; the justices ruled in favor of a…… Continue Reading