Roanoke double-homicide suspect identified, Hotel Roanoke sale moves forward, and early voting begins for Virginia redistricting referendum — WFIR News Express 3/9/26
On this Monday, March 9, 2026 edition of WFIR News Express, Roanoke Police say detectives have identified the suspect in February’s deadly shooting on Carroll Avenue NW and have him in custody on unrelated charges as prosecutors prepare to take the homicide case to a grand jury. We also have major local business news as the Hotel Roanoke Conference Center Commission approves a brokerage contract with Newmark to market and sell the Conference Center alongside the Virginia Tech Foundation’s effort to sell the Hotel Roanoke.As the conflict in Iran enters its tenth day, a Virginia Tech professor…
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