Arts, Leisure and Sports
The expansion and connection of the various greenways was the focus of a presentation given to the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke last week via Zoom. WFIR’s Rob Ruthenberg has this report.
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WFIR’s Greg Roberts reports that former Radford High School and West Virginia standout basketball player Darious Nichols will be the new head basketball coach for the Radford University Highlanders; succeeding Mike Jones, who left for UNC-Greensboro. Nichols will be announced at a 2-pm news conference according to Roberts. Nichols had been an assistant coach at Florida.
A new restaurant week at Smith Mountain Lake will be starting on April 19th. WFIR’s Rob Ruthenberg has this story
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The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra returns with an outdoor free concert on May 8 – tomorrow Blue Ridge Marathon runners can see and hear the RSO’s music director with a very special band, as they head towards the finish line. WFIR’s Gene Marrano spoke with music director and conductor David Stewart Wiley this week – and here is a “Longer Listen.”