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Audio version of this story available below: https://wfirnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-24-COVID-Brews-WRAP1-WEB.mp3 A Roanoke brewery celebrating its fifth anniversary has revealed how COVID-1...

A facade grant from the Virginia Department of Transportation that helped 5 businesses in the Williamson Road business corridor upgrade their “curb appeal,” has helped inspire a related fu...

Bryce Reeves ( Photo from Bryce Reeves for US Senate)A current State Senator who represents parts of central Virginia is looking to challenge the Commonwealth’s Senior US Senator. WFIR’s C...

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. https:...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFIR) — Local ABC affiliate WSET-13 will not air Tuesday’s return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, following the comedian’s brief suspension from the network. ABC a...

The Fab Four-The Ultimate Tribute is coming to Roanoke.  The British invasion hits the Berglund Center stage Thursday.  WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more. https://wfirnews.com/wp-c...

Jay Jones (center) G Marrano photoThe Democratic candidate for Virginia Attorney General – former Delegate Jay Jones – was in Roanoke this morning, for a roundtable discussion with local l...

This week is Falls prevention week. As WFIR's Denise Allen Membreno reports falls are the leading cause of injury and death for adults 65 and older. https://wfirnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-2...

Recently at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, people shared how incarceration shaped their lives and families. Among those speaking was a local Democratic candidate for Virginia’s House of Delega...

Bailey Madeiros, Director Roanoke Valley Collective ResponseSeptember is national recovery month.  The Roanoke Valley Collective Response is using the designation to spark conversation and highli...