Arts, Leisure and Sports
Roanoke Valley Libraries is upping its game with a new app making library resources more accessible, WFIR’s Alex Torres has more:
Conducted every 5 years, the national 2023 Arts & Economic Impact Study by Americans for the Arts featured the New River Valley as one of the regions that were analyzed. The numbers are formidable, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
See the complete study results here
Think your Christmas display is the best in Roanoke? WFIR’s Alex Torres has details on a competitive event raising money for charity:
The City of Salem will reach a milestone this weekend – it will reach and top 100 NCAA Championship events covering 12 different sports, after hosting the Division III Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships this weekend on the Roanoke College campus to reach 101. It all started in December 1993 with the first of 25 straight Amos Alonzo Stagg D-3 football championship games. The 50th Stagg Bowl returns to Salem on December 15th. The Old Dominion Athletic Conference has co-hosted many of those title events.