An online news source that’s no stranger to WFIR listeners has added a familiar name to its growing editorial team. WFIR's ...

A stalled farm bill, inflation - and in the last few months a reduction in support for food banks like Feeding Southwest ...

Solarize Roanoke is back until July 15 - a program offering deep discounts and an approved Roanoke solar panel installer. The ...

A school district outside of Houston, Texas, has pulled an online civics lesson about Virginia from its elementary school ...

Friday night is Organ Donation Awareness Night at Salem Memorial Ballpark.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells us the Red Sox have a very personal reason behind this educational effort. Brave. A ...

Early giving has started for the annual Give Roanoke day.  The Council of Community Services has been hosting the 24 hours of giving since 2022.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports it is more ...

Congress is out of session and that means many  lawmakers are on swings through their home district or state. US Senator Mark ...

From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar - recent winner of the top Award for Public Excellence through radio journalism, by the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters - with a look at ...

Virginia Tech is observing the 18th anniversary of the April 16, 2007 mass shooting that claimed the lives of 32 students and ...

A Virginia appeals court has overturned the felony animal cruelty convictions of a Franklin County man who fatally shot his ...