Evan Jones
A recent Gallup survey suggests Roanoke has one of the highest rates of depression in the country, and a local psychiatrist doesn’t argue with that finding. The story from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
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LewisGale Regional Health System has quietly opened its Medical Pavilion in Botetourt County. As News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones reports, it is designed to provide many services without requiring a drive to Salem.
It’s been almost a week since Virginia Tech declared a campus alert and lockdown, and the university says it’s already reviewing its response. News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones has the story.
Our sister station Q99 is teaming up with Roanoke Valley school systems to help deserving children receive necessary school supplies when they return to class. The story from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones. (Continue reading for the full schedule.)
Roanoke’s “Eat for Education” meals tax increase brought in more money for city schools than projected in year one, but some of its key backers say it should still end when it expires after year two. The story from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
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28 college students are back on their bicycles today, heading from Roanoke to Farmville as they near the end of a summer-long cross country journey. They’re raising money and awareness for “Push America”, which serves people with disabilities. Iowa State student Alex Holm says their local stopover included time with Down’s Syndrome children atop Mill Mountain.
The students attend 20 different colleges and are all members of Pi Kappy Phil fraternity. Their journey started in Seattle June 8th and is scheduled to end Saturday in Washington D.C.
Click here for Push America’s photos of their Roanoke stopover.
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The full-year numbers are in for Roanoke’s “Eat for Education” meals tax increase, and they show more money coming in than projected for Roanoke City Public Schools. School leaders hint that they’ll soon be able to present other numbers that demonstrate the money is making a difference. More from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
A Roanoke brewery that started up less than three years ago is about to launch its third permanent bottled line, and it is planning to open a sales and tasting room by September. The story on Roanoke Railhouse Brewery from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
Virginians are expected to save more than $4 million in sales taxes this weekend. More on the annual tax holiday from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
Virginia Tech officials say they really had no choice but to issue Thursday’s campus alert and continue the lockdown for five hours, even though it was based on a single unconfirmed report. But their actions were based in part of the very painful lessons learned from the mass shootings on campus in April of 2007. More on their decison-making process from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.