Category Archives: News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR

Botetourt County planners are getting ready to wrap up the county's 20-year comprehensive plan. There is still time for residents and other stakeholders to have an impact on the final draft. WFIR's De...

Built in the 1950’s and recently reopened after being dark since 2018, the Colony House Motor Lodge made it official with a ribbon cutting this morning. The 67-room motor lodge features fully re...

Triple-A wants to keep you moving this winter so the organization has created a preventative maintenance checklist to help keep your vehicle moving in the cold weather months. WFIR's Denise Allen Memb...

  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 Cultural Endowment....

Roanoke-based author Beth Macy has just released her fifth non-fiction book, “Paper Girl – A Memoir of Home and Family,” wherein Macy discovered during trips back to her childhood ho...

  An historic motor lodge is celebrating it’s grand opening this morning. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells us the Colony House Motor Lodge had a soft opening in August today is the ...

A Roanoke novelist has a new book on the shelves. Mike Allen’s second novel uses the Appalachian Trail as a backdrop for this supernatural thriller. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more. ...

ROANOKE –Virginia Senator David Suetterlein and Delegate Joe McNamara responded to today’s announcement of Roanoke City government’s pursuit of a casino at the Roanoke Civic Center. ...

  Roanoke is exploring the possibility of joining Virginia cities like Bristol, Danville, Petersburg, and Portsmouth by evaluating the potential for a casino that could be located in the Berglund...

Kait Pedigo GoFest (L) Clark Palmer photoThe Roanoke Outside Festival – GoFest – returns to downtown Roanoke and Explore Park this Friday through Sunday.  Visitors to the free admissi...