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Roanoke Valley digs out as services slowly resume after storm
ROANOKE, Va. - The Roanoke Valley is digging out Tuesday under the grip of a dangerous cold snap, as road crews, utility workers, and shelters contend with the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern. While an...
Jan 22, 2026
Why Science Museum is leaving Center in the Square: add “copious amounts of water,” and a costly leak to different vision and low attendance numbers
Tara Marciniak Center in the Square Besides not being on the same wavelength with Center in the Square executives on a vision for the future that includes more interactive experiences (as first report...
Jan 21, 2026
VDOT to hold another “Pardon Our Dust” public meeting on I-81 lane additions in the Roanoke Valley
Photo: VDOT traffic cam Its been talked about and promised for many years – the widening to three lanes each way on I-81 between exits 143 and 150. Tomorrow night at a VDOT information meeting t...
Jan 21, 2026
Roanoke business owners push back against proposed special events policy changes
Downtown Roanoke business owners are calling on members of Roanoke City Council to rethink changing policy related to special events. More from WFIR's Clark Palmer. https://wfirnews.com/wp-cont...
Jan 21, 2026
This weekend Theatre that makes think at The Bear … the 1956 wreck of the 611 at VMT … and The Brothers Grimm youth show coming to Attic
Culture Calendar graphic From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and in the near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke C...
Jan 21, 2026
Virginia’s largest business program and competition readies for another year
Calling all entrepreneurs or want-to-be business owners, it’s time once again for The Gauntlet, billed as Virginia’s largest business program and competition. WFIR’s Denise Allen Mem...
Jan 20, 2026
A Longer Listen with Vicki Gardner, who writes about that fateful day in August 2015 and its aftermath in memoir, Survival Has Consequences.
August 26th, 2015 … WDBJ-7 reporter Alison Parker and videographer Adam Ward are shot dead on live TV, murdered by an ex-colleague with anger issues who had been terminated by WDBJ. Smith Mount...
Jan 20, 2026
Yes, Center in the Square IS moving away from a museum-heavy space to one based on interactive entertainment: its intentional
Yes, as some have commented online, Center in the Square IS moving away from a museum-heavy space to one based on interactive entertainment – in large part due to financial necessity. Gone from ...
Jan 19, 2026
The Grandin Theatre’s Annual Black History Month Film Program includes a second location this year – the Harrison Museum of African American Culture,
Ian Fortier (L) Grandin Theatre February is Black History Month and two of Roanoke’s long time cultural institutions are teaming up for the Grandin Theatre’s 10th Annual Black History Mont...
Jan 19, 2026
Spanberger makes history as Virginia’s first woman governor, signs 10 executive orders
RICHMOND, Va. — Abigail Spanberger made history Saturday when she took the oath of office as Virginia’s 75th governor, becoming the first woman elected to lead the commonwealth in its 250-...
Jan 19, 2026
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