Gene Marrano
The new Roanoke County Administrator – elevated to the top job after 18 years as an assistant administrator – says boosting very slow population growth in the county is on his agenda. WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Click below to hear a full length conversation with Roanoke County Administrator Dan O’Donnell:
Its the last week for the Drive! exhibition of iconic cars and vintage motorcycles in the special paid admission gallery at the Taubman Museum of Art – and executive director Cindy Petersen says its been a winner. Petersen says visitors have come from all across the country to see Drive!, which ends this Sunday. On Friday the Taubman will be open until 9 and four vintage vehicles will be “hoods up” for those that want a closer look.
Its a plum gig for Roanoke Symphony Orchestra music director David Stuart Wiley – he’ll be a guest conductor for the fabled Boston Pops on May 17 at Symphony Hall in Boston. Wiley will conduct on “Tufts Night at the Pops,” sharing those duties with music director Keith Lockhart. Wiley is a Tufts University Alum and the Boston native used to go watch Arthur Fiedler lead the Boston Pops as a youth.
It’s the early part of the year and scammers are back at it again in the Roanoke Valley. The story hasn’t grabbed attention yet but people need to be aware. WFIR’s eddie Smith has more.
Hokies guard Justin Robinson set game and career records on Saturday at the men’s basketball team thumped Syracuse at home.
January is National Mentoring Month and Goodwill Industries is celebrating by expanding quality-mentoring opportunities. More from WFIR’S Eddie Smith.
The general public can get a peak at the Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine campus during the latest “Mini Medical School.” This time it’s all about genetics – and chili. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: