Roanoke VA

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Tough decisions lie ahead for the Roanoke City School Board, which is navigating a greater than $16.5 million budget deficit. “I am extremely frustrated and almost at the point of tears, as a parent and as a school board member,” said school board vice chair Michael Cherry II during Tuesday...

More than 30 years after the original excavations at what became the James I. Moyer Sports Complex, artifacts and tools from the native American tribe that had a village there are the subject of a free symposium open to the public this weekend. Totero Town was home to members of the Tutelo tribe, more specifically...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)- A mural in downtown Roanoke celebrates the city’s rich African American history. The “Celebrate the Faces” mural can be found on the exterior of the YMCA Express at Gainsboro, located on Orange Avenue. The Roanoke Arts Commission project was painted by local artists Bryce Cobbs and J.C....

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Christiansburg Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. The department posted to social media Tuesday evening, saying they were honoring K9 Rango, partner and friend of Christiansburg Police Officer Adam Abdelaziz. "It was a special moment to recognize that the...

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – Improvements are coming to the North Main corridor in Rocky Mount after the town secured an $800,000 state grant aimed at revitalizing one of its main gateways. The funding, awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development, will support exterior upgrades for local...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)—WFXR News highlights pets available for adoption at area shelters in our weekly segment, Furry Friends! This week, on Tuesday, February 24, Aimee Brown with the Franklin County Humane Society brought Pandora in for Furry Friends! Pandora is a two-year-old medium-sized bulldog mix with the biggest...

The home has been on the state and national historic registries for more than 30 years. A 200-year-old farmhouse that once anchored a plantation in Northeast Roanoke could be spared after a builder initially proposed razing it to make room for more than 50 new homes. Contractor Sullivan Moore said...

Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) has been awarded a grant from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) to upgrade its emergency shelter capacity at Patrick Henry High School and William Fleming High School by building a solar-powered microgrid with a battery energy storage system. Generating power...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released an updated map which shows changes in which Roanoke County neighborhoods are impacted by flooding. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more. FEMA has released a mapping application featuring new, preliminary flood maps for Roanoke, Roanoke County and Salem. Nickie...

Some dishes just stick with you. That creamy bowl of comfort that keeps people coming back year after year, talking about it like it’s their best-kept secret, even though everyone knows. Virginia has one such legend, and it lives inside a dining room where elegance meets down-home flavor. We’re...