Virginians appear to be looking at a glass half-full economy these days, feeling better about the overall...
Local Business and Economic Development
The Roanoke Regional Partnership has released its annual report for 2023. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells...
Roanoke County has extended the deadline for its broadband survey. As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports the...
Total Action for Progress, also known as TAP, is offering a free housing seminar for first-time homebuyers,...
For more than a decade Roanoke City has attempted to drum up interest in the Evans Spring...
The Downtown Roanoke Ambassador Program is about keeping the area clean, but some work to help the...
Engineering skills are being put to use for a meaningful impact thanks to local students, WFIR’s Alex...
In a warmup to what will likely be tension-filled Planning Commission and City Council public hearings on...
A bill recently passed that would raise Virginia’s minimum wage from $12 an hour, WFIR’s Alex Torres...
This is the 10th anniversary for The Gauntlet business mentoring and competition that has spread from its...
Harvest Hosts connects local businesses with unused land to RVers needing a place to stop overnight amid...
A collaboration that includes employers, higher education, workforce and economic development specialists – and local government officials...
A new academic program Roanoke College is calling the first of its kind in Virginia – focused...
A diverse group of young professionals from the Greater Roanoke Region have signed on to become spokespersons...
Its a creation of Downtown Roanoke Incorporated, timed to fight the post-holiday retail downturn – and get...