A Roanoke resident who for decades has taught leadership skills now sees a best-selling book he released last year has been nominated for a Prestigious Award. And he says its publication could not be ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has grown into a regional center which helps wildlife recuperate and get in many cases get back to their natural habitat.  With more patients comes the need for ...

Backpack Run is happening this Saturday at Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports it is ...

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The RUBI Center at Radford University offers brain injury survivors the rehabilitative ...

Looking perhaps to avoid the downtown Roanoke crowds this Saturday - but still want to celebrate St Patrick's Day? Then head ...

Downtown Roanoke Incorporated calls it the unofficial start to spring.  Saturday is the Freedom First St. Patrick’s Day ...

With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and in the near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke Cultural Endowment.

We are in the middle of tax season so Wallet Hub wanted to find out which states taxed their residents the most.  As WFIR’s ...

The head of the Virginia NAACP says he was surprised by UVA abolishing its DEI office. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has that story.

Reimagining the Oak Grove corridor in southwest Roanoke County includes more walkability and safer roadways. Tomorrow evening ...

The Richmond-based non-profit Urban Baby Beginnings opened its 5th "Maternal/Perinatal "Health Hub," this morning in Roanoke ...