Southwest Virginia Communities in Need: Food and Water Drive

Southwest Virginia Communities in Need: Food and Water Drive
Residents of Southwest Virginia are coming together to support local communities affected by recent storms and flooding. The #SouthwestVAStrong Food & Water Drive will take ...

Gov. sends Virginia help to Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton

Gov. sends Virginia help to Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton, currently a Category 4 storm, is approaching Florida's Gulf Coast and is expected to make landfall today. WFIR’s Ian Price has more on ...

LewisGale Medical Center unveils Sim Lab

LewisGale Medical Center unveils Sim Lab
A new training tool just officially launched at LewisGale Medical Center in Salem makes it easier for residents and other medical professionals there to simulate ...

The Woman in Black at Showtimers, more Arsenic, new art at Roanoke College

The Woman in Black at Showtimers, more Arsenic, new art at Roanoke College
From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar - With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and ...

Spooky Sprint returns with detours amid Wasena Bridge construction

Spooky Sprint returns with detours amid Wasena Bridge construction
The West End Center for Youth is celebrating the Halloween season with a 5k race and costume contest towards the end of the month. WFIR's ...

Free Smoke Alarms for fire prevention week

Free Smoke Alarms for fire prevention week
We are in the middle of Fire Prevention week.  While the Roanoke City Fire Department stresses fire safety all year, the department places a special ...

Virginia Attorney General on Gun Violence and Cannibis

Virginia Attorney General on Gun Violence and Cannibis
Virginia’s office of Attorney General has released a short film as a part of the Cease Fire Virginia program.  WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more ...

GoFest set to return Oct. 18-20

GoFest set to return Oct. 18-20
The Anthem Go Out Outside Festival – the annual 3-day celebration of everything outdoors in Virginia’s Blue Ridge returns October 18 through the 20. GoFest ...

Harris leads Trump by 11 points in Virginia; Kaine up by 20 over Cao

Harris leads Trump by 11 points in Virginia; Kaine up by 20 over Cao
The latest statewide phone survey of likely and newly registered voters shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in the race for President by 11 points ...

VWCC providing professional growth for employees and company leaders

VWCC providing professional growth for employees and company leaders
Virginia Western Community College not only trains future employees for area companies, they also help these companies retain workers.   As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells ...

GIRLS Construction Experience: it isn’t just for “boys”

GIRLS Construction Experience: it isn't just for "boys"
Its not all "dirty jobs," and heavy lifting - that is, today's construction industry. And one of the major players locally hopes to demonstrate that ...

Fall waterways cleanup

Fall waterways cleanup
The Clean Valleys waterways cleanup starts tomorrow.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports if you can’t get involved this weekend, you have the entire month ...

Business coach presents standup comic to talk about the ROI on LOL

Business coach presents standup comic to talk about the ROI on LOL
Elizabeth Walker has launched Walker Consulting Workshops and a podcast series; she joined us live in-studio this morning to talk about her background, her workshops and an event ...

Photos of Hurricane Helene Aftermath in Grayson County

Photos of Hurricane Helene Aftermath in Grayson County
Grayson County - Whitetop and Rugby. Photos by Emily Kate Stick ...

Craftsmen’s Fall Classic returns to Berglund Center

Craftsmen's Fall Classic returns to Berglund Center
The 37th Annual Craftsmen's Fall Classic Art and Craft Festival returns to the Berglund Center starting tomorrow. WFIR's Alex Torres has details: [Click here for ...

RPD offers Crime Prevention Business Symposium

RPD offers Crime Prevention Business Symposium
The end of year Holidays helps many retailers end up in the black, but it also means more people in their shops, making it harder ...

Elliston resident writes book “for all my friends over 60”

Elliston resident writes book "for all my friends over 60"
An Elliston resident who is 60-plus and has led an interesting, never-dull life - including a stint as a long-haul truck driver - recently released ...

Carilion looking to keep kidney transplant recipients closer to home

Carilion looking to keep kidney transplant recipients closer to home
A 28-year-old Franklin County man is headed to UVA for a kidney transplant. As WFIR's Denise Allen Membreno reports he is an example of why ...

New art at Hollins, Mockingbird’s last week at MMT and Arsenic opens at the...

New art at Hollins, Mockingbird's last week at MMT and Arsenic opens at the Bear
From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar - With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and ...

Event center in northwest Roanoke may be a “tipping point”

Event center in northwest Roanoke may be a "tipping point"
A ribbon cutting yesterday at an event rental space that's two thirds of the way through re-imagining a building where they used to fix cars ...

Iran’s attack and the Middle East tensions: what impact on U.S. election?...

Iran's attack and the Middle East tensions: what impact on U.S. election?
Iran's largely unsuccessful missile attack on Israel is just the latest in a series of escalations in the Middle East dating back to the Hamas ...