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WFIR News Express
This podcast brings you daily Roanoke Valley and Virginia news in a quick format. Listen to the news on your schedule!
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- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 3-19-24
Emergency crews say a wildfire on North Mountain in the Catawba area of Roanoke County has grown to 13 to 14 acres. Authorities say as of yesterday the fire is…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 3-15-24
A shooting in Covington on January 15th involving Alleghany County Sheriff’s deputies, has been ruled justified. A Raleigh man, who lied about his age to a…
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WFIR News Express 3-13-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
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WFIR News Express 3-12-24
A political expert from the University of Virginia says Democrats must address weaknesses in immigration policy prior to this November’s election. David Bowers…
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WFIR News Express 3-11-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 3-8-24
A 19-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy from Roanoke County have been arrested in connection with a robbery on Wednesday in the 63 hundred block of Peters…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 3-7-24
Roanoke City Police say three people have been detained following an alleged armed robbery on Peters Creek Road that sent nearby schools into lockdown. Roanoke…
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3-6-24 WFIR News Express
President Joe Biden won Virginia’s Democratic Presidential primary last night with 89 percent of the vote. Former President Donald Trump defeated former UN…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 3-5-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 3-1-24
A Campbell County preschool went into lockdown yesterday after receiving a threatening phone call. Charges are pending against a William Byrd High School…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-29-24
All charges against the man who had been accused of making threats to Patrick Henry High School -Stephen-Karl Johnson - have been dropped. The Franklin County…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-28-24
The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 yesterday to bring a Wawa to the Daleville area. A former Governor of Virginia says the recent death of a…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-27-24
The First Lady of Virginia is working with Roanoke City school officials to educate young people about the dangers of fentanyl. A 16-year-old Heritage High…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-26-24
A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody on Friday for threats made against Roanoke’s Patrick Henry High School. Roanoke Leaders and residents came together to…
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WFIR News Express 2-23-24
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Johnny Roop, who was reported missing last week, was seen at a…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-21-24
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says they believe missing Virginia Tech student Johnny Roop left the county on his own last week. Members of the Roanoke…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-19-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-16-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-14-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News 2-13-24
Members of the Roanoke City Planning Commission have advanced the Evans Spring Master Plan. Members in the House of Delegates yesterday passed legislation that…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-12-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-9-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-8-24
Gun rights advocates including the Virginia Citizens Defense League say they still believe a Roanoke City gun ordinance, we’ve been telling you about, is…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-7-24
The Montgomery County School Board has selected Roanoke-based law firm Gentry Locke, to conduct a third-party review of events leading up to a murder-suicide…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-6-24
Even before the public hearings scheduled next Monday and on the 20th over the Evans Spring development plan, there were a few fireworks at yesterday's City…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-5-24
Some young people are calling on Roanoke City leaders to rethink plans to develop land in the Evans Spring area. Court documents indicate the deaths of…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 2-1-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-30-24
As the United States mulls its response to the first deaths of US troops in the region since the start of the Israeli-Hamas conflict, a Virginia Tech professor…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-29-24
A man whose evidence showed inflicted a fatal brain injury on a 4-year-old girl entered a no-contest plea to second-degree murder in a rare Sunday hearing in…
- WFIR News Express
News Update 1-26-24
Cannabis Team Coverage -- The latest as Virginia's General Assembly attempts to set up a retail marijuana marketplace. While Roanoke College launches a first…
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WFIR News Express 1-24-2024
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
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WFIR News Express 1-23-24
The Pulaski Police Department is warning parents about an increase in children being sexually exploited online and sextortion cases in the community. A former…
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WFIR News Express 1-22-24
The Giles County Sheriff’s Office says a 14-year-old is dead after a shooting at a home on Friday. Three people were injured during a shooting at Status…
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1-18-2024 WFIR News Express
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
1-17-2024 WFIR News Express
Here is the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-16-24
A General Assembly committee has discussed legislation that looks to lift Virginia’s ban on skill games. A study of the cost of education in Virginia was…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-15-24
The Giles County Sheriff’s Office says a woman died after falling about 100 feet within a cave outside of Pearisburg on Friday. Two men have been arrested on…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-11-24
Governor Youngkin touted his hopes of reforming taxes during his State of the Commonwealth address. State Senate Democrats made clear yesterday they plan to…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-10-24
38-year-old James Buckland, was sentenced in Wise County Circuit Court yesterday to serve two life sentences plus eleven years consecutively in prison without…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-9-24
A smalltime fisherman who died in 2017 has been linked to three cold-case homicides in Virginia from the 1980s, including two that were among a series of…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-8-24
The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office says a body was found inside a smoldering car yesterday. The Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department is discussing ways to…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-5-2024
Here's the latest news from around the Roanoke Valley and Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-4-24
A group called Wild Virginia is voicing concerns about a potential PFAS contamination in Roanoke’s water. Roanoke’s Gun Violence Prevention Commission is…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 1-3-24
The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is requesting assistance in locating 15-year-old Alexis Parker who reportedly left her home on Falling Creek Road around…
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Here is the latest from around the Roanoke Valley and State of Virginia.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-29-23
The Virginia Department of Health has announced the state’s first reported influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2023-24 flu season - a child between 5…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-28-23
A 17-year-old girl from Bedford County has been cited after a police chase that ended with a crash in Campbell County. Some residents in Northeast Roanoke are…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-27-23
An area Republican Congressman believes the Colorado Supreme Court set a dangerous precedent when it opted to remove former President Trump from the state’s…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-26-23
With migrant border crossings reaching 5 figures last week and US allies looking for more support as they fight wars, Tim Kaine is dismayed that Congress took…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-22-23
According to search warrants, a sex offender shot by U.S. Marshals earlier this week on Dunmore Street in Sw Roanoke has now been charged with malicious…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-21-23
Virginia State Police have charged 24 year old Micah Allen Godfrey of Clifton Forge, in the Officer Involved Shooting that happened on December 8th. Court…
- WFIR News Express
12-20-23 WFIR News Express
Personnel from the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force shot a suspect who was being served a warrant for failing to register as a sex…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-19-23
A Roanoke City School bus driver has been found not at fault for hitting a student Friday. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares says protecting our kids…
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-18-2023
Here's the latest from around the Commonwealth and Roanoke Valley.
- WFIR News Express
WFIR News Express 12-15-23
During a protest in downtown Roanoke, Rafeeq McNamara with Occupy Roanoke for Palestinians, says the US is hurting its reputation on the world stage by helping…