New drive-through COVID testing sites begin operating Tuesday in the Roanoke Valley in efforts to help slow the spread — and its impacts on health care providers. With local cases surging, and more COVID patients requiring treatment, the Virginia Department of Health hopes more drive-through testing will catch more cases more quickly. The drive-through COVID…… Continue Reading
No problem for Virginia Tech on Saturday – beating Middle Tennessee State handily 35-14. And on the road Saturday, Liberty grinds out a 21 to 13 win over Troy: WPLY-MIN The post Tech sails; Liberty grinds first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
(ROANOKE, VA) – As demand for COVID testing has continued to increase, Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD) has worked with the Central Office of the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) to identify opportunities to offer free COVID-19 testing at select locations over the next several weeks. In the past week, as RCAHD has…… Continue Reading
A recent poll from Virginia Commonwealth University had a surprising number of undecided potential voters in the upcoming gubernatorial race according to one former Virginia Governor. WFIR’s Rob Ruthenberg has this report. 9-13 WILDER WRAP 1-WEB The post Polls across Virginia show a trend of undecided voters first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The body of a 78-year-old northern Virginia man was found buried in his backyard Wednesday and his son has been charged with second-degree murder, police said. Truman Nguyen was reported missing on Monday, news outlets reported. But after an associate reported that the son may have harmed his father, the…… Continue Reading
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Zacarias Moussaoui remains the only person ever convicted in a U.S. court in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks. A behind-the-scenes look at the trial Thursday from its lead participants demonstrated how hard it was to bring it to justice. Rob Spencer, the lead prosecutor on the Moussaoui case, recalled…… Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Crews in Virginia ended a daylong search Thursday after they were unable to locate a 134-year-old time capsule state officials believe is buried in the pedestal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for more than a century. State officials were scheduled to remove the…… Continue Reading
Virginia’s U.S. Senators released comments ahead of tomorrow’s 9/11 20-year anniversary. WFIR’s Ian Price has more: 09-10 Dems Voicer The post Virginia’s U.S. Senators reflect on 9/11 first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
The Republican running to be Virginia’s next Governor hopes Americans use the 20th anniversary of 9/11 to remember what brings us together. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has that story. 9-10 Youngkin 911 Wrap-WEB The post Youngkin asks Americans to put differences aside on 9/11 anniversary first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
(from VDH) The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) applauds President Biden’s initiatives, announced September 9, to meet the growing challenge of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, which is now powering a surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States and in Virginia. With the U.S. averaging close to 150,000 cases and about 1,500…… Continue Reading