The Mill Mountain Zoo is back to its seven days a week warm weather schedule.  The nonprofit did close entirely after ...

A Roanoke resident who for decades has taught leadership skills now sees a best-selling book he released last year has been ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has grown into a regional center which helps wildlife recuperate and get in many cases get back to their natural habitat.  With more patients comes the need for ...

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The RUBI Center at Radford University offers brain injury survivors the rehabilitative ...

Backpack Run is happening this Saturday at Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports it is ...

Downtown Roanoke Incorporated calls it the unofficial start to spring.  Saturday is the Freedom First St. Patrick’s Day ...

Looking perhaps to avoid the downtown Roanoke crowds this Saturday - but still want to celebrate St Patrick's Day? Then head ...

We are in the middle of tax season so Wallet Hub wanted to find out which states taxed their residents the most.  As WFIR’s ...

The head of the Virginia NAACP says he was surprised by UVA abolishing its DEI office. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has that story.

With a look at some of the local events coming up this weekend and in the near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke Cultural Endowment.

After months of what it calls "critical repairs," the Roanoke Valley SPCA has reopened its animal shelter once again. The ...

Protestors used International Women’s Day to call on elected officials to protect female reproductive rights. More from ...