Virginia hit a 20 percent positivity rate for COVID testing recently, without the sharp spike in hospitalizations or serious illnesses however. The latest from the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: 7-6 Morrow Wrap#1-WEB The post COVID rates up, but other warning signs are not first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading
Anne Marie Green has stepped up to run for Salem City Council after more than thirty years serving Roanoke County. She is in the running for one of two available council seats and is running against three others – two of which are incumbents. She cites her late husband, Mac Green’s, two decade career as…… Continue Reading
The only affordable housing provider that serves as realtor, architect, builder, mortgage lender, counselor and educator has received $2.6 million from Roanoke City through the American Rescue Plan Act. The funding will enact a unique collaboration between public and private sectors to “improve the lives of Roanoke residents.” WFIR’S Camden Lazenby has more. The post…… Continue Reading
Details from Roanoke Fire-EMS on a late Sunday night structure fire in the 600 block of Orange Ave NE, in a hotel near the Berglund Center. Units arrived to find smoke coming from a first floor hotel room, in a portion of the hotel that was unoccupied, with some rooms boarded up. Fire damage was…… Continue Reading
Playwrights will pull random prompts that include genre, theme and setting and then write plays overnight at Hollins University this weekend. Their productions will be performed in front of a live audience the next day. WFIR’s Camden Lazenby has more. The post Overnight Sensations returns to live productions this Saturday first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM…… Continue Reading
Pro-Choice supporters held a 4th of July rally to call for action in the wake of Roe v Wade being overturned. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has details 7-5 Freedom For All Wrap-WEB About 100 people showed up in from of the Poff Federal Building in downtown Roanoke to protest for equal rights after…… Continue Reading
The American Legion Riders Virginia Legacy Run rode its way through Southwest Virginia last month in an effort to raise money for a scholarship that creates college funding for children of post 9/11 veterans who have died while on active duty. WFIR’s Camden Lazenby has more. The post American Legion rode through Roanoke Valley last…… Continue Reading
A cautionary tale about the dangers of today’s heat – a 78-year-old man passed out while waiting in line at a BBQ restaurant today in Roanoke. Luckily, among those waiting in line at Mama Jean’s BBQ off Sandford Avenue around the Tower’s Mall area were several nurses who aided the man until an ambulance could…… Continue Reading
State Senator David Suetterlein says Virginia’s new redistricting process is hardly perfect, but it is a big improvement over the past. Suetterlein successfully authored a bill changing the way it is done. State law now calls for independent commission to create new Congressional and General Assembly districts, and if it cannot agree, the Virginia Supreme…… Continue Reading
The Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash in Botetourt County. The crash occurred July 1, 2022 on Route 11, near Kessler Lane, just outside of Buchanan, Va., at 5:10 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A 2015 Nissan Versa traveling south on Route 11, crossed the double yellow solid line and struck a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado…… Continue Reading