Author Archives: Syndicated Content

One nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating international cultures is inviting residents in the valley to join them in Hispanic Heritage Month festivities in downtown Roanoke. WFIR’s Con...

NEW YORK - A Delta regional jet preparing to depart for Roanoke, Virginia, collided with another aircraft on a taxiway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Wednesday night, according to the airline. ...

Now that Fall is here a classic has returned.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno tells us the Craftsmen’s Fall Classic is not only a great place start your holiday shopping it offers a ...

During their recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, The Red Clay Strays revealed that they plan to release their eagerly awaited third studio album in summer 2026, with June as the ten...

Sara Evans has just become a first-time grandma as her 20-year-old daughter Audrey welcomed her first baby on Monday (September 29), a boy named John Evans Headley, with her boyfriend John Headley. Au...

During a recent appearance on Rolling Stone's Nashville Now podcast, Hardy opened up in detail for the first time about the 2022 bus crash near Nashville that nearly killed him and injured three other...

At one of his recent concerts, Keith Urban altered the lyric in his song, "The Fighter," which was originally inspired by his estranged wife, Nicole Kidman. Urban changed the line, "When they're tryna...

Since 2017 the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program based in downtown Roanoke – RAMP – has seen 61 companies go through its 12-week mentoring cycle, on their way to creating almost a...

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 near future. Sponsored by the Roanoke Cultural Endowment. https:...

The 2025 Art By Bus Celebration was held today in downtown Roanoke, and included remarks by this year’s “Writer By Bus,” in which a local author rode Valley Metro buses earlier this ...