Two Roanoke youth football teams are asking for community support as they prepare to compete in a national championship. WFIR’s Ian Price reports. ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The Roanoke-based 540 Powerhouse 7U and 11U football teams have secured the AYF Regional Championship title after a stellar performance in Woodbridge, Virginia. The victory earned them a…… Continue Reading
Come to one Dickens of a Christmas – or all 3 of them – beginning this Friday night in Downtown Roanoke. And keep an eye out for that Elf on the Shelf. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: The post Dickens of a Christmas … and Elf on the Shelf returns this Friday first appeared on…… Continue Reading
From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and in the near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke Cultural Endowment. The post Holiday concerts, plays, ballet and more … ’tis the season first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
Developer Alexander Boone says his real estate company has worked with Roanoke County and VDOT to come up with a winning plan for requested rezoning that would see around 115 townhomes and a handful of single family houses come to the old Poage Mill Farm on Bent Mountain Road/US 221. The Poage Mill development would…… Continue Reading
ROANOKE, Va. — U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced over $1.4 million in federal funding aimed at reducing lead-based paint hazards in homes across Virginia, including $750,000 designated for the City of Roanoke. The funding, part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program, will help…… Continue Reading
More details on a major grant first reported here last week, for a program that brings clinical and community resources together – and involves fresh vegetables. WFIR’s Gene Marrano with that story: The post Produce Prescription program expands with USDA grant first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.… Continue Reading
Five Points Music Sanctuary is nearing the end of its capital campaign to purchase the building. AS WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports they hope to raise $100 thousand by the end of the year. 5PTS is nearing the end of a 3-year Capital Campaign to raise money to purchase the Sanctuary. As WFIR’s Denise Allen…… Continue Reading
Attic Productions presents “On the 13th Day of Christmas.” WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more on the Dwayne Yancey play. Attic Productions is ready to fill your holiday season with laughter. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports the community theater is doing the Dwayne Yancey play, “On the 13th day of Christmas.” The post Local…… Continue Reading
Roanoke has hired a new city manager. Valmarie Turner comes to the Star City from Fairfax, where she was the Deputy City manager. Turner worked in Florida for local governments before relocating to Fairfax in 2017. Turner will assume her new role in January; Bob Cowell resigned from the City Manager position in Roanoke earlier…… Continue Reading
Lawson, a Norfolk Developer, has broken ground on an affordable housing apartment complex in Roanoke County. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports the developer says the complex will have all the amenities of higher end developments. Developers have broken ground on Smith Ridge Commons, a new affordable housing development. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more.…… Continue Reading