Extra precautions at this weekend’s Blue Ridge Marathon Gene Marrano April 22, 2014 1 minute read Expect tighter security at the Blue Ridge Marathon in Roanoke on Saturday. WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: Share: Post navigation Previous: Lynchburg-based filmmaker hoping to get next production off the groundNext: UPDATE: 12-year-old fatally shoots 7-year-old brother Related Stories 1 minute read This weekend Theatre that makes think at The Bear … the 1956 wreck of the 611 at VMT … and The Brothers Grimm youth show coming to Attic Gene Marrano January 21, 2026 0 3 minutes read Virginia’s largest business program and competition readies for another year Denise Membreno January 20, 2026 0 1 minute read A Longer Listen with Vicki Gardner, who writes about that fateful day in August 2015 and its aftermath in memoir, Survival Has Consequences. Gene Marrano January 20, 2026 0