Welded Metal Sculpture contest is this Saturday. High School Students will show off their skill and creativity.  WFIR’s ...

It's the final countdown...The Real ID deadline is Wednesday. On Wednesday and there after you will either need a real id or ...

By WFIR News Staff Roanoke Police are investigating a deadly crash that occurred Friday afternoon on Peters Creek Road in ...

Roanoke Police are investigating a shooting that took place early Saturday morning in the heart of downtown. Officers responded around 12:56 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 200 block of Market ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center wants your aluminum beverage cans. Tomorrow is the kickoff of the nonprofit's Cans for ...

Travelers in Southwest Virginia will soon have a direct connection to one of the country’s busiest travel hubs. Starting ...

Roanoke College became a Bee Campus this spring.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports a group of students worked to make ...

Fortune Feimster  is bringing her down home humor to the Berglund Center. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more. Comedian ...

Construction is about to begin on the Carilion Taubman Cancer Center, which will get underway next week at the Virginia Tech ...

Roanoke City is remembering the victims of 10 homicides. The hope is drawing attention to these cold cases will bring answers ...

Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Congressman Morgan Griffith wrote today that, “families in Virginia’s Ninth ...

Audio report available above. Read the full story below. By Ian Price | WFIR News | April 28, 2025 A new stadium for the ...