Thanksgiving is almost here and for the past 20 years that also means the Drumstick Dash on Thanksgiving morning, for runners ...

Some say Democrats like Tim Kaine "caved" in the Senate and ultimately voted to end the government shutdown without ...

As the U.S. government officially ended the longest federal shutdown in American history last night, the YMCA at Virginia ...

Historic tax credits and American Rescue Plan funds will help Restoration Housing turn a fire-damaged late 1800's house on ...

A spokesperson for Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital tells WFIR News emergency crews responded to a fire today inside a mechanical room. No evacuation was necessary, and no injuries were reported. Th ...

The newest member of the Roanoke County School Board says he wants to build bridges that allow residents to have more input ...

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 first of a half dozen or so releases from Across the Way Productions - the company behind FloydFest - has been announced.

Author Beth Macy is set to make a special announcement next Tuesday at the Historic Fire Station 1 building in downtown ...

The Vinton Café has officially moved into the building that was once home to Our Daily Bread on East Lee Avenue. According to ...

The Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce is working with Feeding Southwest Virginia and the Governor’s Virginia Cares ...

Botetourt County is celebrating its volunteers by encouraging its residents to shoutout the community’s helpers.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells us BOCOGrateful is in its fifth year. Botetourt ...