Gene Marrano
Explore Park will celebrate Veterans Day this Sunday. WFIR’s Bob Clark has more on this story
The Hokies open the men’s basketball season on Friday night – that’s just one of several sports Virginia Tech will compete in during the next few days.
Its on to Washington and the House of Representatives for Ben Cline, the current Republican delegate from the Lexington area. More on yesterday’s election from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Roanoke County supervisor Joe McNamara has a new job – starting in January he will represent the 8th District in the House of Delegates. The Republican beat Democratic challenger Carter Turner easily on Tuesday for the open delegate seat vacated by Greg Habeeb. McNamara said one of the first things he wants to do in Richmond is analyze the state budget. This was a special election with Habeeb’s early retirement – so the 8th District seat will be up for grabs again next November.
There’s another reason for the long waits some have experienced while waiting to vote today in Roanoke County – besides the high turnout numbers. At the William Byrd High School polling location, election officer Mary Ann St. Clair explains. Those books are used to match a voters ID to their address on file. St. Clair said they have used the paper poll books in the past – it just takes a bit longer to cross-reference that way.
Turnout – especially from younger voters – is seen as a key in many races locally and across the country. At the Lincoln Terrace Elementary School polling location in northwest Roanoke this morning, 26-year-old Darius Smith was handing out sample ballots to people on their in way to vote. Smith is also joining other millennials tonight at Soaring Ridge Craft Brewers for an election night watch party.