Author Archives: Syndicated Content

In an Instagram video shared on New Year's Eve, Stephen Wilson Jr. reflected on a whirlwind 2025 that was marked by a series of key career milestones. The highpoints include releasing a deluxe version...

Dolly Parton shared a heartfelt New Year's message to her fans on Instagram on Wednesday (December 31), hoping that 2026 would be "your most wonderful year yet" and filled with "more blessings than yo...

Zach Bryan and Samantha Leonard were married in Spain just before the new year, with the country star confirming the news on Instagram on Thursday (January 1). The post featured a wedding portrait of ...

CBS's New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash experienced a roughly 12-minute technical outage about 50 minutes into the December 31 broadcast, prompting the network to unexpectedly air an episode o...

When Salem’s minor league baseball team changed its name from Red Sox to Ridge Yaks, reviews were mixed.  But that’s what team officials expected.  WFIR’s Denise Allen Memb...

Triple-A wants Virginians to celebrate the New Year safely – and offers some sobering statistics about what happens when you drive drunk or buzzed – and get pulled over. More from WFIR&rsq...

Blue Ridge Literacy was founded in 1985 to strengthen those skills for adults in western Virginia. Over the past four decades it has evolved into a focus on increasing English proficiency for refugees...

The Exchange logo 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...

(From Kim Farington for Senate Facebook Page) A Republican looking to unseat the Commonwealth’s Senior US Senator says she will bring much needed change to D.C. Fairfax Station resident Kim Fari...

Downtown Roanoke’s newest music venue is opening tonight with a sold-out concert by Grace Potter and Holy Roller.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports the former First National Ex...