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Jason MiyaresLive on the Roanoke Valley’s Morning News this morning, Virginia’s incumbent Republican Attorney General, Jason Miyares, minimized concerns over a recent Wason Center phone su...

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President Donald Trump’s net worth has surged to $7.3 billion, a $3 billion increase from last year, according to a recent Forbes report. The financial windfall comes primarily from his crypto v...

Audio version of this story available below: https://wfirnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-24-COVID-Brews-WRAP1-WEB.mp3 A Roanoke brewery celebrating its fifth anniversary has revealed how COVID-1...

A facade grant from the Virginia Department of Transportation that helped 5 businesses in the Williamson Road business corridor upgrade their “curb appeal,” has helped inspire a related fu...

Bryce Reeves ( Photo from Bryce Reeves for US Senate)A current State Senator who represents parts of central Virginia is looking to challenge the Commonwealth’s Senior US Senator. WFIR’s C...

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:...

Zach Top, Keith Urban, and Brooks & Dunn will headline the 2026 C2C: Country to Country festival, taking place March 13-15 across London's O2, Glasgow's OVO Hydro, and Belfast's SSE arenas. This w...

On Monday (September 22), Kenny Chesney paid a heartfelt tribute to his close friend and frequent co-writer, Brett James, who tragically died in a small-plane crash on September 18 at age 57. Reflecti...