Gene Marrano
The often-zany crew from Black Dog Salvage in Roanoke is back starting Sunday night with season 8 of “Salvage Dawgs” on the DIY cable network. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
About two years after it started installing fiber optic cables to provide high-speed internet on an open access system, the Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority has its own office space. That follows a ribbon cutting on South Jefferson Street this morning. Singled out before the ribbon cutting was ABS Technologies, a private internet company that will provide service to the new Boxley Apartments downtown, by connecting the “last mile” from the Broadband’s fiber optic lines. Board chairman Kevin Boggess said everything seems to be on track.
Conflict over Confederate monuments, controversy over the political direction in the country – it seems like like good time for “Finding Common Ground.” More on an event next week from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Standing in for standard-bearer Ralph Northam as their candidate for Governor, a Democratic state senator and a candidate for the House of Delegates called for more transparency from Ed Gillespie today. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs pro hockey team returns next month with a training camp and then the season opener on October 20th. Once again the club will have to work around the lack of practice time at the Berglund Center – the only sheet of ice in Roanoke. Several efforts to build a dedicated ice rink in recent years haven’t come to fruition at this point. Head coach Sam Ftorek was live in-studio on WFIR this morning:
A building being redeveloped in a part of Roanoke that needs more positive images debuts an outdoor mural – with a public event on Sunday. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has the story:
The Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment celebrates a milestone with public and private events this weekend. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
JP Powell with the band My Radio joined us live in the studio this morning to talk about their new album, Tada IV. They will kick off the release with a concert at the Harvester Performance Center on Sept.23. (here is audio version – problems with FB Live feed this morning)
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For almost a decade now the Roanoke Community Garden Association has offered residents without access to their own property a place to grow healthy food. That program takes money and now baby goats will help fill the coffers. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: